Liam Taylor

Ur­ban ex­pan­sion and the com­mod­i­fi­ca­tion of land are dri­ving dis­putes in ar­eas near the Ugan­dan cap­i­tal.

Com­mu­ni­ties in Karamo­ja face an up­hill task or­gan­is­ing to beat in­ter­na­tion­al cap­i­tal and au­thor­i­tar­i­an pol­i­tics.

Kak­wen­za Rukirabashai­ja says he has fled Ugan­da for treat­ment af­ter he was tor­tured dur­ing a month in de­ten­tion.

Op­po­si­tion leader claims he won dis­put­ed pres­i­den­tial vote and lists de­mands, in­clud­ing re­lease of po­lit­i­cal pris­on­ers.

Ten­sions be­tween long­time leader Yow­eri Mu­sev­eni and the US es­ca­late amid con­tin­u­ing hu­man rights vi­o­la­tions in Ugan­da.

Se­cu­ri­ty forces have de­tained hun­dreds of peo­ple as Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Mu­sev­eni faces his fiercest op­po­si­tion in 35 years.