Africa Confidential understands that the Ugandan leadership is also unhappy with the way military intelligence under Birungi handled investigations into detained opposition leader Kizza Besigye...

Muhoozi's power charge A four-time challenger to President Yoweri Museveni Kizza Besigye was abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in November last year and taken back to Uganda to face a military trial only for the Supreme Court to rule that trying civilians in military courts was unconstitutional...

Ignoring a growing international chorus for the release of his perennial rival Kizza Besigye – who once again faces treason charges allegedly for plotting the violent overthrow of the government – Museveni's apology seems to have been triggered by his son's social media vigilantism...

She also joined the legal team for Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his ally Hajji Obeid Lutaale who have been jailed without bail as they face treason and weapons charges...

In Uganda Kizza Besigye leader of the Forum for Democratic Change remains in jail after the High Court in Kampala denied bail for him and his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale...

The initial stages of the trial of fellow opposition leader Kizza Besigye who was abducted by Ugandan security forces in Nairobi and arraigned on weapons possession charges in December began on 7 January...

Abductions of foreign nationals including Turkish asylum-seekers and Ugandan oppositionist Kizza Besigye has deepened the fear...

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) of Kizza Besigye also suffered damaging splits allegedly as a result of government plotting (AC Vol 64 No 18 Museveni's divide-and-rule master-class)...