Burkina Faso’s military ruler has grown popular with millions across the world, but junta leaders and revolutionaries haven’t always worked out well for Africans.
Police and security forces in Uganda have clamped down on citizens protesting corruption by top government officials, with President Yoweri Museveni condemning the demonstrations.
President Museveni is defending the world's harshest anti-human rights bill, threatening death for being gay.
Many hopes are pinned on Uganda's elections today as main opposition leader Bobi Wine attempts to unseat current President Yoweri Museveni from his 34-year term in office.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly banned all social media platforms and messaging applications two days ahead of the country's presidential elections.
Ugandan politician Bobi Wine has been arrested after he was certified as a presidential candidate for the upcoming 2021 elections.
The outspoken activist, who is currently serving a prison sentence for a poem she wrote about the president's mother's vagina, won for her resistance "in front of a regime that is trying to suppress her."
The new charge is in addition to an initial treason charge.
The activist has been sentenced to 18 months in prison over a poem she wrote about the president last year, referencing vaginas.
The musician and opposition lawmaker says he plans on galvanizing young people to vote in a new interview with CNN.
The Ugandan musician and opposition lawmaker's driver was shot dead after a clash with Ugandan forces.
Demonstrators were met with tear gas and bullets as they took to the streets to protest Uganda's controversial social media tax on Wednesday.
