World & Nation
Long-time Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the country’s disputed presidential election Saturday, but the main opposition party rejected the results as fraudulent and called for an independent audit of the count.
Feb. 20, 2016
Ugandan government and rebel troops have failed to reach a cease-fire agreement despite an offer by the guerrillas to stop fighting while talks are going on in Nairobi, rebel leader Yoweri Museveni said.
Oct. 30, 1985
Ugandan rebel commander Yoweri Museveni was sworn in as the nation’s president, four days after his National Resistance Army stormed Kampala and brought down the six-month-old military government.
Jan. 30, 1986
Military police in Uganda put down a mutiny at two army barracks last month, incidents followed by what was believed to be an assassination attempt on President Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan military sources said.
June 9, 1988
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a peace agreement with a major northern rebel group to absorb the guerrillas into his National Resistance Army, official Uganda Radio said.
June 5, 1988
President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign into law a controversial new bill against homosexuality that prescribes the death penalty in some cases.
April 20, 2023
Ugandan troops killed 5,000 rebels and captured 4,500 guns during the last 12 months, President Yoweri Museveni told military attaches visiting the war zone in north and northeastern Uganda.
Aug. 20, 1987
Yoweri Museveni, newly sworn in as Uganda’s first directly elected president, vowed to press his campaign against the partisan politics that he blames for many of the ills of Africa.
May 13, 1996
Politics: Though he is expected to win reelection, Yoweri Museveni is swimming against a tide of change in Africa.
March 12, 2001
President Yoweri Museveni has lifted censorship imposed by the previous military regime and encouraged the nation’s press to expose government corruption, Ugandan officials said Wednesday.
Feb. 20, 1986