Rights groups fear "mass atrocities" in Uganda as it prepares for an election next year, with a president seeking a seventh term, a crackdown on the opposition and violent threats from the heir ...

The wife of Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has called the trial against him a "sham", as he faces a ...

While Kenyan authorities deny their involvement in renditioning Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, a blood-stained ...

Previously seen as a safe haven for foreigners, Kenya now is on the brink of becoming a top spot for professional abduction ...

The recent surge in abductions of Kenyan youth, coupled with the enforced disappearances of citizens from neighboring ...

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Tanzanian activist and editor Maria Sarungi Tsehai was abducted by armed men in Nairobi on Sunday, and released on an ...

A military court in Uganda has ruled that a leading opposition figure can stand trial on the serious charge of treachery that ...

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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders condemned the Ugandan government Wednesday for the arrest, ...

Dr Besigye, while leaving the court dock where he had spent most of the day yesterday, left singing the defiance song: “We ...

Since the anti-government protests across the country in June, at least 82 people have been kidnapped, and 29 are still ...