President Museveni yesterday began his seventh term in office with a declaration that Uganda had entered a “no more sleep” era, urging citizens to focus on wealth creation, job generation, and value addition as the country pushes towards higher middle-income status. Museveni, who won the January 15, 2026, presidential election, was sworn in at a…
Leaders of the East African Community (EAC) are set to meet today in Arusha, Tanzania, for the 25th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State where they will appoint new leadership to steer the regional bloc and advance cooperation among partner states. The summit will bring together leaders including Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, William Samoei…
In late May 2025, two activists, Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire revealed how they had been tortured and raped in Tanzanian custody. The Kenyan and Ugandan activist had travelled to Dar-es-Salaam to demonstrate solidarity for the country’s main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, who had a court appearance. Lissu faces treason charges he calls trumped up,…
In Tanzania, something snapped this year. Protests followed the October 29, 2025, elections. They are unprecedented in their scale, national breadth, and political content since the country’s independence in 1961. But the repression unleashed by newly re-elected President Samia Suluhu Hassan has also been unprecedented. She has gone further than her autocratic predecessors in closing…
Leading Kenyan lawyer and activist Martha Karua was deported from Tanzania to prevent her from attending the court case of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Two colleagues accompanying her were also reportedly detained and deported after flying in from neighbouring Kenya. Tanzanian authorities have not yet commented. Lissu, the leader of Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party,…
