https://www.scmp.com/rss/524324/feed The latest news and top stories on Yoweri Museveni. He has served as President of Uganda since 1986, assuming power after a five-year liberation struggle. His tenure has focused on national revitalisation, economic growth and infrastructure development. He is recognised for his government's successful campaign against HIV/AIDS and efforts in regional peace. Museveni, a former military officer, studied political science and economics. Recently, he agreed to accept deportees from the United... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jevans Nyabiage Jevans Nyabiage Kenya has revived construction on its multibillion-dollar Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) extension that stalled more than six years ago, replacing heavy sovereign debt with innovative financing after renegotiating its loans with China. According to Kenyan officials, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and its subsidiary, China Road and Bridge Corporation, will build the railway’s two remaining sections at an estimated cost of US$5.4 billion. Kenyan President William Ruto earlier this... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348406/china-and-kenya-partner-finish-most-consequential-rail-project?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348406/china-and-kenya-partner-finish-most-consequential-rail-project?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine’s wife was taken to hospital after soldiers invaded their residence, partially undressed and choked her, the couple said. Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, was not at the property and is in hiding after he escaped a previous raid on his home last week ⁠hours before he was announced as the runner-up in the January 15 presidential election. Incumbent ruler President Yoweri Museveni, 81, president since 1986, was declared winner of ‍the vote with 71.6 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3341129/uganda-opposition-leader-bobi-wines-wife-hospitalised-after-soldiers-invade-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3341129/uganda-opposition-leader-bobi-wines-wife-hospitalised-after-soldiers-invade-home?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:03:06 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65 per cent of votes, according to official results Saturday, in an election marred by an internet shutdown and fraud claims by his youthful challenger, who rejected the outcome and called for peaceful protests. The musician-turned-politician best known as Bobi Wine took 24.72 per cent of the vote, the final results showed. Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has condemned what he described as an unfair electoral process... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3340282/ugandas-president-yoweri-museveni-wins-seventh-term-election-marred-fraud-claims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3340282/ugandas-president-yoweri-museveni-wins-seventh-term-election-marred-fraud-claims?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:48:56 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Uganda’s opposition said its leader Bobi Wine was under house arrest on Friday, after an election that also saw a member of parliament accuse security forces of killing 10 people at his home. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, is seeking to extend his 40-year rule of the east African country and has been accused of “brutal repression” of the opposition. Uganda’s Electoral Commission said on Friday that Museveni was on 75.4 per cent to Wine’s 20.7 with close to 60 per cent of votes counted. Final... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3340215/uganda-election-bobi-wine-under-house-arrest-amid-violence-claims-museveni-nears-5th-term?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3340215/uganda-election-bobi-wine-under-house-arrest-amid-violence-claims-museveni-nears-5th-term?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:58:56 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his 40-year rule. The 81-year-old leader, who once said African rulers should not overstay their time in office, was widely expected to win a seventh term on Thursday due to his total control over state and security bodies. But he was taking no chances against a popular opponent, Bobi Wine, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3339812/uganda-shuts-down-internet-museveni-seeks-extend-long-rule?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3339812/uganda-shuts-down-internet-museveni-seeks-extend-long-rule?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:27:37 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The opposition leader in Uganda’s Parliament sees Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race as inspiring but somehow too distant. “It’s a big encouragement even to us here in Uganda that it’s possible,” said Joel Ssenyonyi, who represents an area of the Ugandan capital of Kampala. “But we have a long way to get there.” There was some excitement at Makerere University in Kampala, where Mamdani’s father was a senior academic until a few years ago. “Seeing Zohran up there, I feel like I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331674/ugandan-born-mamdanis-new-york-win-sparks-hope-political-change-african-country?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331674/ugandan-born-mamdanis-new-york-win-sparks-hope-political-change-african-country?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Two buses collided on a major highway in Uganda early on Wednesday, killing 46 people and injuring several others, police said, lowering the death toll from 63. The east African country has a notorious road safety record, frequently recording bus or truck accidents along poorly maintained highways. The latest incident occurred on the Kampala-Gulu highway in Kiryandongo district just after midnight, when two buses “met head-on during the overtaking manoeuvres”, police said in a statement posted... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3329925/buses-collide-head-uganda-killing-least-46?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3329925/buses-collide-head-uganda-killing-least-46?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:20:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Several poor countries, mostly in Africa, have agreed to take deportees from the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented migrants. What motivates them? The African nations of Rwanda, South Sudan and eSwatini have already accepted deportees – almost entirely citizens of other countries – as has El Salvador in Central America. Uganda, too, has agreed to take deportees, including one of the most high-profile cases, a Salvadorean man named Kilmar Armando Abrego... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323498/why-are-so-many-nations-accepting-deportees-trumps-america?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323498/why-are-so-many-nations-accepting-deportees-trumps-america?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:27:11 +0000