Yoweri Museveni

Violence has erupted in Uganda's capital Kampala. Police responded tp protests with tear gas and bullets.

EXCLUSIVE: FDC party official tells IBTImes UK charges against Besigye were 'blanket of an excuse'.

The 30-year president promised there would be violence after voting in the 18 February elections.

EU election observer chief calls vote 'worrying' amid reports Kampala had yet to receive ballot boxes by 12pm

Fear of violence are running high as 15 million Ugandans head to presidential polls

Read President Yoweri Museveni's impromptu speech in full.

Museveni aiming to secure 5th term amid reports of violence

Kizza Besigye and Amama Mbabazi are seen as main contenders for the country's top job.

EXCLUSIVE: African Union electoral observer tells IBTimes UK about widespread irregularities in run-up to poll

Tensions ignited after Ugandan opposition leader was detained after police claimed life of protester.

Kizza Besigye said he has no confidence that elections this week will be free or fair.

Ugandan opposition candidate Kizza Besigye detained by police on the way to Kampala rally

Experts allege that trained civilian forces with an unknown mandate instil fear in oppositions voters.

Poll on 18 February may take into account limited government budget and Museveni's last term

IBTimes UK looks at the main events shaping the African country on the brink of change.

Voters cannot make informed decisions as independent groups face renewed threats, activists claim

Journalists and media houses are targets of threats, bribes and violence ahead of presidential polls.

IBTimes UK looks at the main contenders of the three-horse electoral race

Over 300 people have been killed in violence accompanying President Nkurunziza's controversial third term.

Activists hope Pope Francis will preach tolerance toward homosexuals and call for peaceful elections

Ugandan man dies from Marburg haemorrhagic fever virus, one of the most deadly pathogens known.

NTV television station banned because president was meditating and not sleeping, say government officials.

Red Pepper newspaper 'exposes' 200 homosexuals, a day after president Museveni signs anti-gay bill.

Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu compares Museveni to Hitler.

Yoweri Museveni about to sign controversial anti-gay bill.

Obama says if Uganda enacts anti-gay bill this will 'complicate' its relations with the US.

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Archbishops of Canterbury and York write to heads of state demanding respect for homosexuals.

Same sex relationships existed in Africa before the colonisation era, proving that gays are not "un-African"