KAMPALA, Uganda – Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has issued a furious condemnation after a photograph emerged showing a blindfolded Erias Lukwago—the outgoing Lord Mayor of Kampala, former Member of Parliament, and senior advocate—in what appears to be military custody. The image was reportedly released by General …

KAMPALA, Uganda – The abduction of Erias Lukwago, acting president of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) and defense lawyer for opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye, has triggered not only outrage but a pointed legal dissection of the constitutional violations at play. Legal scholars and human rights advocates are now stating …

KAMPALA, Uganda – The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has drawn a line in the sand. In a rare and defiant move against the security establishment, the ULS has issued a 24-hour ultimatum demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Erias Lukwago, the acting president of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) …

The wife of Kampala Lord Mayor and prominent lawyer Erias Lukwago, Nalongo Zawedde Lubwama Lukwago, has broken her silence to provide a firsthand account of the dramatic events that led to her husband’s violent seizure by armed men on Monday morning. Speaking from the family home, which remains under a …

In a chilling repeat of events witnessed just months ago, the legal fraternity in Uganda is once again under siege. Reports emerging this morning confirm that yet another lawyer representing veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has been violently abducted and detained. The victim, identified as a legal team member …

It is a sorrow that cuts deeper than the loss itself—to spend half a decade chasing a ghost, only to join the silence without ever hearing the truth. Mrs. Sarah Nantumbwe Ddamulira, wife of John Ddamulira, a known supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP), passed away this morning. Her …

Uganda’s political landscape has once again been thrust into controversy following the deployment of military and police forces around the residence of People’s Front for Freedom – PFF National Chairman, Counsel Erias Lukwago. According to reports, Chairman Lukwago was scheduled to address the nation during a morning appearance on Sanyuka …

By Alexander Luyima Uganda is once again confronting a question that many citizens have been asking quietly for years and now increasingly ask out loud: Who is really in charge of the country, the Constitution or those who wield power? The reported arrest and disappearance of senior lawyer and opposition …

The latest nation to adopt an anti-gay law is Niger in West Africa. In adopting an anti-gay law on June 11, 2026, the West African nation of Niger strengthened a wave of anti-homosexuality legislation and proposed legislation in Africa that has reversed, at least temporarily, the slow decrease in the …

New law in the West African nation is ‘among the most repressive’ Niger’s president and former coup leader Abdourahamane Tchiani. (Photo courtesy of the BBC) The wave of West African nations threatening LGBTQ people with ever-harsher penalties  continued this week, as Niger enacted a law providing for up to 10 …