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Controversial Ugandan feminist Stella Nyanzi finally freed after ‘insulting’ president

A Ugandan high court has quashed the conviction of Dr. Stella Nyanzi on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction and fair hearing. Dr. Nyanzi, known across the continent as a scholar, feminist and an outspoken...

Ugandan Scholar Stella Nyanzi Collapses During Bail Hearing

There was drama in Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday, after the popular Ugandan activist and university scholar Dr. Stella Nyanzi collapsed in court, where she was appearing for a bail hearing following her controversial...

Ugandan Scholar Stella Nyanzi Arrested for Criticizing First Lady

Ugandan authorities have arrested the outspoken scholar and activist Dr. Stella Nyanzi for allegedly criticizing Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni. The news of her arrest Friday caused outrage on social...

It’s time for Africa to stop the culture of brutalizing women in politics with unfair and long jail terms

African politics has done well when it comes to mainstreaming women into the social process of political socialization. It is so encouraging that the world can now see women in top positions of politics...

Ugandan activist strips during sentencing for insulting Museveni’s mother on Facebook

Ugandan academic and activist Stella Nyanzi, who has been in jail since November 2018 for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his late mother in a poem, has been sentenced to 18 months in...

Accused of insulting Ugandan president’s mother on Facebook, activist still in jail after 6 months

Ugandan academic and activist Stella Nyanzi has been in jail since November 2, 2018, when she was detained for allegedly insulting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his late mother, Esteri Kokundeka,...

Women of colour who got into trouble in 2018

As there were many women who made history for their huge achievements, they are others who were dealt a bad hand by fate, either by their own actions or a system that pulls women down. In this article,...

Why Ugandan activist jailed for insulting President Museveni on Facebook rejected bail [Video]

Ugandan feminist activist, academic and Museveni critic, Stella Nyanzi, has rejected bail after spending nearly two weeks in a prison for allegedly insulting the president and his dead mother on Facebook....

Ugandan activist remanded in prison for insulting Museveni’s mother on Facebook

After 5 days in police detention, Ugandan feminist activist, academic and Museveni critic, Stella Nyanzi, was denied bail by a Kampala court on Wednesday for allegedly insulting Esteri Kokundeka, the late...

President Museveni Defends Controversial 3-Decade Rule

Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently defended his three-decade reign against allegations of dictatorship, nepotism, political assassinations, and the abuse of human rights, insisting...

Ugandan Scholar Blasts Museveni, Wife for Failing To Provide Free Sanitary Pads

Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan scholar and lecturer at Makerere University, blasted President Yoweri Museveni and his wife, First Lady Janet, for failing to provide school girls with sanitary pads as he promised...

Ugandan Women Are Becoming Famous for Stripping

Lately, Uganda has been on the radar for many reasons, some of which are not so pleasing. From refuted general elections to repeated arrests of activists and opposition leaders, the country has been on...

Crackdown on civil society in Africa contributing to migrant crisis facing the world. Here’s why

Capsized boats in the Mediterranean that were filled with distressed African families, corpses scattered along the hills of South America’s Darien Gap, and thousands of African refugees now stuck...