Bobi Wine

Ugandans choose between pop singer and longtime leader in tense election

Uganda's incumbent president, 76-year-old Museveni, has been in power since 1986

Uganda blocks internet access ahead of landmark election

Polls open on Thursday as pop star Bobi Wine takes on longstanding president Museveni

Uganda mired in violence against opposition supporters ahead of election

Repression on the rise as opposition presidential candidate aims to ‘remove dictator’

Protests over arrest of Ugandan opposition leader leave 16 dead

Police say pop star candidate Bobi Wine holding mass rallies despite Covid-19

Coronavirus in Africa: Authoritarianism on rise in crisis, say activists

As continent’s cases exceed half million, opposition leaders decry ‘war on democracy’

In Uganda, radio brings together couples separated by coronavirus

Station in Gulu city is dedicating segments of show to connect people affected by travel ban

Coronavirus: ‘You can risk your life as long you are doing the right thing’

Distributing food to Uganda’s hungry can get you tortured and arrested

Journalist the latest victim of pre-election crackdown in Uganda

Moses Bwayo faces charges for working on a documentary about the opposition leader

Uganda’s pop-star politician Bobi Wine is arrested

Police fire tear gas as presidential hopeful attempts to hold rally with supporters

‘I’m Bobi Wine.’ The Ugandan pop star taking on the president

Sally Hayden on the campaign trail with singer seeking to oust long-time leader Yoweri Museveni

The Ugandan singer who could radically change his country

Bobi Wine is using his celebrity to shake up Uganda’s politics, despite violent reprisals

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