Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda after attending rally for opposition leader

Two Kenyan activists have reportedly been abducted by Ugandan security forces after attending a rally for opposition leader Bobi Wine, according to rights group VOCAL Africa. The case has reignited concerns about cross-border crackdowns on...

Kenyan Activists Seized in Kampala After Attending Bobi Wine Rally

Two Kenyan activists have been abducted in Uganda after attending opposition leader Bobi Wine’s presidential campaign event, raising alarm among rights groups and political leaders across the region. Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, both linked to the...

Report shows impact of anti-LGBT laws on queer Tanzanians

LGBT Voice Tanzania calls on the state to protect all queer people Two Tanzanian men with rainbow flags. (Photo courtesy of LGBT Voice Tanzania) A report from the LGBTQ+ advocacy group LGBT Voice Tanzania describes the destruction that systemic...

LSK, rights groups demand release of Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda

Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo abducted by Ungandan authorites. Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and two human rights groups have accused Ugandan authorities of abducting two Kenyan activists in Kampala, terming the incident a grave...

Squatters Remain A Problem In Uganda: How The Anglican Church Is Fighting Back

MUKONO, Uganda — The Anglican Church of Uganda has unveiled a digital land information management system to curb rampant land grabbing that threatens its vast properties. Land grabbing remains one of the church’s most pressing challenges in...

US immigration judge denies asylum bid from Kilmar Ábrego García

THAT’S RIGHT, I DID. SO THE DEADLINE IS 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING FOR BOTH SIDES TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS CASE. BUT EARLIER TODAY, ABREGO GARCIA WAS HERE, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY MET WITH A HUGE CROWD HERE OUTSIDE OF THE BALTIMORE ICE FIELD...

Uganda: Police hunt man after father, grandmother hacked to death in Kyenjojo

Police in western Uganda have launched a manhunt for a 25-year-old man accused of killing his father and grandmother inside their home on Monday night. The incident occurred in Bulenge Zone, Kakuba Ward, Katooke Town Council, Kyenjojo District,...

Govt Breaks Silence After Kenyan Activists Are Abducted in Uganda

The government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is working to determine the circumstances that led to the alleged abduction of two Kenyan activists in Uganda. While speaking on Tuesday, October 2, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba...

Kenyan Activists Abducted ‘Mafia-Style’ In Uganda During Bobi Wine Rally

Yet-to-be-identified armed men have abducted two Kenyan human rights activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, in Uganda while attending an opposition campaign event for presidential hopeful Bobi Wine. However, Ugandan police spokesman Kituma Rusoke...

Kenyan Activists Abducted In Uganda — Rights Group

Two Kenyan activists were abducted by Ugandan security forces after attending a rally for opposition leader Bobi Wine, a rights group said Thursday. Abductions of government critics and opposition figures have become common across east Africa, and...

Children demand health first as Right2Grow project closes

By Alan Clement South Sudan’s children have called for health and nutrition to be placed at the center of national development as the five-year Right2Grow (R2G) project came to a close. Speaking at the close-out event, Naomi Momone, Speaker of the...

Kenya activists abducted in Uganda: rights group

Abductions of government critics and opposition figures have become common across east Africa, and rights groups allege that authorities are failing to protect their own citizens and even working together against activists. In May, Kenyan activist...

Uganda forces expel cattle from Pian Upe reserve

In September, soldiers, police officers, and rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority moved quietly into Pian Upe Conservation Area. Their mission was not to confront poachers or armed raiders, but to steer thousands of cattle out of the...

Bobi Wine condemns abduction of Kenyan activists in Uganda

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has condemned the alleged abduction of two Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo. The two members of the Free Kenya Movement were reportedly seized on Wednesday afternoon at a petrol station, where they...

Church joins nonprofit to aid Ethiopia villages

Saint Abkar Armenian Church in Scottsdale has partnered with Water for Good, a global nonprofit, to bring clean drinking water to four Ethiopian villages and one rural school serving more than 1,300 students. These communities relied on a nearby...

6 Lions Escape from Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park

Thu 02 Oct 2025 | 11:34 AM Residents near the Kasese area, close to the Mubuku Irrigation Project in Uganda, were gripped by panic after six lions escaped from Queen Elizabeth National Park. The incident led to the deaths of three cows and forced...

Kenyan activists abducted in Kampala after attending Bobi Wine’s presidential rally

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 — Two Kenyan activists have allegedly been abducted in Uganda after joining opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, on the campaign trail. Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) condemned the...

Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda, opposition leader says

Two Kenyan human rights activists have gone missing in Uganda after reportedly being abducted by armed men while attending opposition leader Bobi Wine's campaign event. Bobi Wine strongly condemned the "abduction" of Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo,...

Our Perfect Wedding Uganda returns to Pearl Magic Prime this Sunday

Our Perfect Wedding Uganda (OPW) is set to make a grand return to Pearl Magic Prime starting Saturday, October 4, at 8 PM. Laura KahundeFrom surprise proposals to cultural ceremonies that honour heritage, OPW Uganda is back with Season 7 to remind...

Bob Njagi, Nicholas Oyoo abducted in Uganda

Bob Njagi (Centre) in Bobi Wine's campaign trail in Uganda before the alleged abduction.Two Kenyan activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, are missing after they were on Wednesday afternoon allegedly abducted by armed men in Uganda. It is not...