Ugandan president’s son named in ICC complaint over abductions and abuse Jason Burke Africa correspondent
Lawyers acting for the victims of a wave of abductions and torture by security forces in Uganda have named senior military commanders, including the president’s son, in a complaint to the international criminal court.
Prosecutors at the ICC are already reviewing an earlier submission from the opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, the former reggae singer known as Bobi Wine, describing widespread human rights abuses before presidential polls held in January.
President Yoweri Museveni claimed victory in the vote, which was marred by allegations of fraud and the death of at least 50 people during protests. Most were shot by security forces.
Ugandan president s son named in ICC complaint over abductions and abuse
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Akon KAMPALA, Uganda, Many Ugandans have reacted angrily to plans by their government to offer Senegalese-American musician/actor Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam â better known as Akon â a square mile of land to build the second Akon city in Africa.
Earlier this month, the Ugandaâs government unveiled a plan to allocate that land to the American-Senegalese musician, then on a state visit to the country, to construct a futuristic city dubbed Akon City.
It would be powered by a cryptocurrency called the Akoin and be completed by 2036.
Akon announced plans for a similar city in Senegal in 2018, but that has yet to come to fruition.