The youth-led struggle for democracy in Uganda reflects a broader continental reality: young Africans want better leadership.
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Political policing in Uganda’s electoral landscape sustains the struggle for power.
Museveni’s iron grip on the Ugandan military makes it difficult to imagine a peaceful transfer of power.
President Yoweri Museveni’s effort to stop evictions didn’t address underlying problems, but it enhanced his political legitimacy.
Women are constantly battling stereotypes that seek to maintain the status quo of male dominance in political spaces.
Bobi Wine’s run at the presidency in 2021 had appeared to present an unprecedented threat to Yoweri Museveni’s longstanding rule.
The founding story of Museveni’s government remains persuasive for a great many people 37 years later.
Uganda uses unpredictability to combine democratic institutions with authoritarian power.
Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyangulanyi has repeatedly been underestimated by government supporters and critics since he first ran for parliament.
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