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Uganda: NUP Leaders Visit Luzira As Detained Supporters Blast 'Opportunistic' Dialogue With Museveni

Uganda: NUP Leaders Visit Luzira As Detained Supporters Blast 'Opportunistic' Dialogue With Museveni

Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi on February 12, 2026 led a National Unity Platform (NUP) delegation to Luzira Prison, where detained party supporters criticised recent dialogue efforts with President Yoweri Museveni and demanded a more transparent approach to securing their release.

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Sembabule Election Disputes Trigger Feud Between Security, Unsuccessful NUP Candidates

Sembabule Election Disputes Trigger Feud Between Security, Unsuccessful NUP Candidates

Kagaayi accuses Namugga of running a campaign based on false propaganda and inciting violence against political opponents, arguing that after such plans were foiled, she resorted to blackmail to gain political mileage. The inconsistencies that characterized the just-concluded elections hav

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Russia names three suspects over shooting of general

Russia names three suspects over shooting of general

Russia says it has identified three suspects involved in the shooting of high-profile military general Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev.They include the man said to have carried out the attack, who has been named as Ukrainian-born Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba.Russia's Investigations Commi

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Police Probe Aggravated Robbery of Electoral Materials in Luwero

Police Probe Aggravated Robbery of Electoral Materials in Luwero

Luwero District — Police in Luwero District are investigating an incident of aggravated robbery targeting electoral materials that occurred in Makulubita Sub-County, Katikamu County South.According to a press statement issued by ASP S. Twiineamazima, the Savannah Region Police Spokespers

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Man Utd make huge play for Luis Enrique as ‘reliable source’ details ‘meeting in Paris’

Man Utd make huge play for Luis Enrique as ‘reliable source’ details ‘meeting in Paris’

Manchester United have made a bold attempt to ‘convince’ Luis Enrique to snub Paris Saint-German and become their new manager as a ‘reliable source’ details a crunch ‘meeting in Paris’.Michael Carrick is off to an excellent start as caretaker boss of the Red Devils, winning all

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Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who faced brutal torture abroad, detained by ICE in Vermont

Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who faced brutal torture abroad, detained by ICE in Vermont

Steven Tendo, a Ugandan minister and nursing assistant who moved to Vermont in 2021 while seeking asylum, was detained in Shelburne on Wednesday morning by federal immigration agents, according to the union he’s a part of and the advocacy group Migrant Justice.Tendo was detained by U.S.

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Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?

Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?

Uganda’s elections are often discussed through the familiar vocabulary of irregularities: Intimidation, militarisation, ballot stuffing, voter bribery, and contested results. These are serious concerns. But beneath the headline controversies lies a quieter, almost embarrassing question that rar

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Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system

Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system

BBC - There are warnings of queues at passport control at airports in Europe over upcoming holiday periods, as the rollout of a new biometric border system continues.Passengers have already reported hours-long waits at some destinations, at busy times, due to the new systems.A group

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Unsealed Ballot Papers Spark Concerns Among Kakira LCIII Candidates

Unsealed Ballot Papers Spark Concerns Among Kakira LCIII Candidates

Candidates contesting for the Kakira Town Council LCIII position in Jinja District have raised concerns over unsealed ballot papers, contrary to the guidelines provided during a pre-election stakeholders’ engagement held yesterday. At three polling stations, Mwiri Playground, Mwiri-Waira

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Mother of Bukanga NUP Candidate Tasks Security to Produce Her son

Mother of Bukanga NUP Candidate Tasks Security to Produce Her son

Fatinah Tibiita, the mother of Samilu Isabirye, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for Bukanga Sub-county LC III chairperson in Luuka District, is demanding answers over the whereabouts of her son, who has been missing for several days. Isabirye was reportedly picked up by armed plain-cl

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