Sources: BBC
Ugandan police detain the deputy spokesperson of the opposition party National Unity Platform (NUP) outside a court in Kampala where he was attending a bail hearing for party members held on charges the NUP describes as politically motivated. 2025-09-8
Ahead of Thursday's election, Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says that soldiers raided his home and arrested his security guards without providing any explanation. Wine has previously been accused by incumbent Yoweri Museveni of being "an agent of foreign interests". 2021-01-12
Hundreds of inmates escape from a jail in Moroto District, Uganda, after killing a soldier and looting weapons. A Uganda People's Defence Force spokesperson says two inmates have been captured and two others killed by security forces. 2020-09-16
A Ugandan lawmaker who propose the Anti-Homosexuality Bill scraps the proposed death penalty clause. 2012-02-10
An anti-gay bill is reintroduced in the Ugandan parliament after it was previously withdrawn. 2012-02-7
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and several others are arrested. 2012-01-19
A court in Uganda orders a newspaper to cease publishing the names and photographs of people it says are homosexual, following attacks on homosexuals in the past month. 2010-11-1
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says the fight against Somali militant group al-Shabaab must be stepped up. 2010-07-25
A petition featuring 450,000 international names in opposition of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill is given to the speaker of parliament, Edward Ssekandi, by an Anglican priest and an HIV-AIDS activist. 2010-03-1
Uganda's deputy Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem says the country's anti-homosexuality Bill "will be changed". 2010-02-5