Supporters of Uganda opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, and local and foreign journalists are assaulted by Uganda Military Police outside the UN Human RIghts offices on February 17, 2021.

Photo by Badru Katumba /AFP via Getty Images.

Uganda

Unrest within Uganda primarily involves land disputes among ethnic and communal groups, along with election-related violence and increasing repression of media organizations. Cross-border violence by the Islamic State Central Africa Province has been limited in recent years, but the Ugandan military maintains a presence in the DRC to confront the group.

Jihadist groups pose a growing and expanding threat in Africa

Islamist militants are exerting growing military strength in targeting the state forces and civilians across several regions of the continent.

13 May 2026

Black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on 26 April 2026, when rebels from the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition and militants from Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) targeted several areas in the country.

Ladd Serwat on ISCAP involvement in deadly eastern DRC attacks

ACLED’s Africa Senior Analyst Ladd Serwat comments on the likely perpetrators behind the 5–7 May attacks near the North Kivu–Ituri border.

11 May 2026

Africa Overview: February 2026

This past month, the TDF clashed with the ENDF, Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has triggered mass demonstrations, and the suppression of opposition parties marked Uganda’s elections.

9 February 2026

Q&A | The Islamic State’s pivot to Africa

In this Q&A, ACLED’s experts discuss how Islamic State affiliates operate in Somalia, the Sahel, the Lake Chad basin, the Great Lakes region, and northern Mozambique, and how authorities are responding to this growing threat.

4 September 2025

Explore ACLED Data on Uganda

The ACLED Explorer allows you to filter and summarize data from the past year. The Uganda country profile shows data at the subnational level, as well as trends based on the number of events, fatalities, and civilians exposed to violence.

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Data on Africa

Download this file for all of our Africa data from 2020-present. The file is updated with new data every Monday.

Aggregated data on Africa

Download this file for event, fatality, and exposure counts of our Africa data, aggregated by week and Admin 1. The file is updated with new data every Monday.

Conflict in the Great Lakes

ACLED’s latest data and analysis on Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.

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