Uganda's President and leader of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Yoweri Museveni, holds up the Bible as he is sworn in after being declar

KAMPALA, Uganda — Forty years. That’s how long Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. The 81-year-old was sworn in Tuesday to extend his presidency over a further five-year term that may well be his last — although not necessarily the last for the Museveni family.

On the 12th of May, President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for the seventh term of office in a colourful ceremony at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. The function that was attended by many heads of states and delegations across the world was befitting indeed for the man who has been steering the ship of Uganda's leadership for the last 40 years.

A ⁠number of ⁠Americans currently in the ​Democratic Republic of ‌Congo are believed to ‌have ⁠had ⁠exposure to suspected cases in the ​country’s latest Ebola outbreak, with several deemed ​to have had high-risk ⁠exposures,

At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.

Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a Gospel event, sources said

President Museveni has endorsed plans for a proposed East African regional refinery championed by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, saying the project aligns with Uganda's long-standing position against exporting raw materials without value addition.

Uganda’s most prominent LGBTQ activist condemned a constitutional court’s decision Wednesday to uphold an anti-gay law that permits the death penalty in certain cases. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...