KAMPALA, Uganda—On May 12, after 35 years in office, Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for his sixth elected term as president of Uganda. The ceremony marked the end of a year-long ritual centered on what was misleadingly called an “election.” Shots were fired, money changed hands and then, almost as an afterthought, Ugandans went to the polls in mid-January. In the preceding and subsequent months, opposition supporters have been harassed, beaten, abducted, tortured and even killed. The process is better understood as a manifestation of power than as a choice about who wields it. The 2021 election did not unseat […]
In Uganda, Deepening Divisions Will Test Museveni’s Autocratic Rule
