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MITOOMA, WESTERN UGANDA — The National Unity Platform (NUP) has accused security forces in Mitooma District of a coordinated clampdown after several of its local leaders and election agents were reportedly assaulted and detained ahead of the 2026 polls. The party says that Ronald Turyatunga and Kenneth Turyatunga were arrested on Tuesday evening while distributing official appointment letters to party …

Alphonse Mihigo Ombeni, director and founder of the Congolese LGBTQI+ advocacy organization Action for the Fight Against Social Injustice (ALCIS), was once again the victim of a violent attack in Bukavu after speaking publicly about LGBTQI+ rights. Ombeni was leaving FAN FM radio station on the evening of October 21 when he was assaulted and robbed near the Bukavu Pedagogical …

Rebel control in eastern Congo puts queer people at risk, victim says Flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo.   Alphonse Mihigo Ombeni, director and founder of the Congolese LGBTQI+ advocacy group Action for the Fight Against Social Injustice (ALCIS), was once again assaulted and robbed of his belongings as he left the FAN FM radio station in Bukuvu, Democratic …

Post Views: 12 Bobi wine and his wife in Kazo Aggrey TwesigyeIn Mbararawww.mknewslink.comThe National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu ‘Bobi Wine’, has condemned the police for allegedly protecting individuals wearing NRM T-shirts who attacked NUP supporters in Sanga Town Council.While addressing journalists in Mbarara City ahead of his campaign rally in Isingiro District, Kyagulanyi recounted the …