Uganda

The dictator in the terminal: Idi Amin and the Entebbe hostage crisis, 50 years on

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Half a century after one of the most daring Israeli rescue operations, what were Ugandan President Idi Amin's movements and thoughts?

UGANDAN PRESIDENT Idi Amin wanted the world to see a mediator. The Israeli archive records the week when that mask began to slip.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) addresses his supporters during his reception after a military decoration ceremony at the Bombo grounds in Bombo, Luweero District, Uganda, October 10, 2022; illustrative.

Uganda's military chief orders shutdown of two major media outlets

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.

Beyond the Headlines: Fifty years since the Entebbe rescue - opinion


Ugandan UN judge jailed in Britain for more than six years for forced labor offense

Mugambe argued that she had diplomatic immunity in her native Uganda, which was subsequently removed.

Judge Lydia Mugambe

UN judge 'exploited and abused' Ugandan woman she kept as enslaved while in UK

Mugambe was appointed to the UN's judicial roster in May 2023, three months after police were called to her address in Oxfordshire, according to her UN profile page.

Judge Lydia Mugambe

Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says

Prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court Wednesday after allegedly being kidnapped from a book launch in Kenya.

 Ugandan four-time presidential aspirant Kizza Besigye stands in steel dock at Uganda Military General Court Martial in Kampala.

Suspected cult members kill eight in Uganda village

Police said two of the suspected attackers had been killed by security forces as they responded to the assault.

 Ugandan police officers gather near a scene with an explosive device outside a Pentecostal church, Lubaga Miracle Centre, in the Lubaga suburb of south Kampala, Uganda September 3, 2023.

After long legal fight, man from Ugandan Jewish community is approved for Israeli citizenship

Israel’s Interior Ministry, which handles applications for citizenship, this month approved the bid of Yosef Kibita, who first applied in 2018.

 Yosef Kibita poses with his new Israeli passport.

Ugandan court remands man accused of supporting rebels linked to Islamic State

A Ugandan man was charged with terrorism-related offenses for supporting the ADF, an IS-linked rebel group, by recruiting fighters and providing material support.

 Uganda High Court building, 9 September 2017.

Julia Sebutinde, who voted with Israel on all counts at ICJ, elected court's vice-president

She will serve alongside Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam, who was elected president of the court. They will hold their positions for three years.

 Julia Sebutinde, the only judge on the International Court of Justice to vote against all the provisional measures levied at Israel over its war in Gaza and alleged violations of the Genocide Convention.

Who is Julia Sebutinde, the only ICJ judge to oppose all measures against Israel?

The Ugandan justice even voted against the charges that Israel's own justice, Aharon Barak, voted yes on.

 Julia Sebutinde, the only judge on the International Court of Justice to vote against all the provisional measures levied at Israel over its war in Gaza and alleged violations of the Genocide Convention.

UN's Guterres condemns Israel for 'heartbreaking' killings in Gaza

"Israel's military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general," Guterres said at the opening of a summit in Uganda.

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.

'Denying Palestinians statehood is unacceptable,' Guterres says

"Israel's military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general," Guterres said at the opening of a summit in Uganda.

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.