African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change after four decades of the same government. The musician-turned-politician best known as Bobi Wine took 24.72% of the vote, the final results showed. Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, […]
KAMPALA, Uganda – Votes are being counted in parts of Uganda following a tense presidential and parliamentary election marked by an internet shutdown, widespread technical failures and opposition allegations of electoral fraud. Opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine has accused authorities of orchestrating “massive ballot-stuffing everywhere,” claims he shared on social media without presenting documentary evidence. […]
Kampala, Uganda — Uganda’s main opposition leader and presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has pledged to review the country’s agreements with international oil companies should he win the upcoming presidential election, warning that any deals deemed unfavourable to Ugandans would be revised. Speaking to Reuters in an interview held last week […]
GULU, Uganda — Ugandan opposition leader and former pop star Bobi Wine has alleged that he and his supporters were violently attacked by security forces while campaigning in the northern city of Gulu, raising fresh concerns over political violence ahead of the country’s 2026 presidential election. In a series of posts shared on social media […]
