We are receiving urgent updates from Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, where independent Member of Parliament Bobi Wine has again been attacked by government thugs, prevented from traveling, abducted and …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has expressed grave concern over reports of state torture of Bobi Wine and those arrested alongside him, Voice of America reports. …
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The Associated Press reports that Kyadondo East MP Bobi Wine is suffering from severe kidney damage as a result of injuries sustained while in detention. The parliamentarian is currently being …
The rise of Bobi Wine, and the brutal attempts at squashing that rise, resonate far beyond Uganda’s borders. The young parliamentarian is a symbol for Africa’s next generation of leaders. …
NTV Uganda reports on jubilation in Bobi Wine’s childhood neighbourhood of Kamwokya after the parliamentarian was granted bail by Gulu High Court.
Daily Nation reports that Gulu High Court has granted Bobi Wine bail, leaving him and a dozen other defendants also charged with treason free pending their scheduled appearance in court …
From Fela Kuti to Miriam Makeba, music has long been a medium of choice for political activists across the continent. Writing in Quartz Africa, South African journalist Lynsey Chutel takes …