Members of Parliament have intensified calls for transparency over the internet shutdown imposed during Uganda's recent general elections, demanding clarity on who authorized the directive and whether ...

If global liquidity tightens, the dollar strengthens, or frontier market risk appetite shifts, capital could exit as quickly ...

The Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Richard Todwong, has defended the ruling party's conduct and organization during the recently concluded general presidential and ...

COMMENT | DR PETER WANDWASI | As Uganda approaches the conclusion of another electoral cycle, the race for the Speaker of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This was an odd election. On the one hand, the opposition seemed both weaker and more straight-jacketed than any election in decades. On the other hand, the brute force of the state suggested sincere ...

What you need to know: This is after only the incumbent returned nominations forms by close of Saturday's deadline as announced in a statement by the Villa electoral committee chairman Brian Kajubi.

January, President Yoweri Museveni did not hesitate to have dozens of protesters killed and hundreds of opposition members prosecuted. Among them are Bobi Wine, who is now in hiding, and Kizza Besigye ...

The year 2028 will not be a routine electoral cycle for Africa; it will be a continental crucible. These elections will serve as a stress test of Africa’s fragile democracies, exposing the fault ...

These prosecutions mark a rising pattern: as elections approach across Africa, the distance between digital civic space and ...

It’s been more than a month since Uganda’s presidential election triggered a new crackdown on the opposition. Since then, President Yoweri Museveni’s main challenger, Bobi Wine, has been in hiding, ...