The family of Bob Njagi, a Kenyan activist abducted in Uganda, has revealed the stringent conditions imposed by Ugandan authorities for his release, along with Nicholas Oyoo. The two were held for over a month, with Ugandan officials demanding assurances they would cease political activities against President Yoweri Museveni’s government.

• Ugandan officials initially intended to detain Njagi until after the January elections to prevent opposition campaigning.
• The release was secured after the family promised that Njagi would not return to Uganda to campaign against President Museveni’s opponents.
• Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi intervened, appealing to President Yoweri Museveni and his son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
• Njagi and Oyoo were abducted in Kira, Kampala, on October 1, enduring 38 days in secret detention before being handed over to Kenyan authorities on November 7.

A coalition of Kenyan and African civil society organizations under the Pan-African network, Jumuiya Ni Yetu, has demanded that Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan take responsibility for alleged human rights violations following the country’s October 29 general election. They accuse her administration of widespread killings, disappearances, and unlawful detentions, calling for her resignation and an interim transitional government.

• Over 40 civic groups from countries including Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and South Africa form the coalition.
• Organizations urged the African Union and United Nations to launch independent investigations into "mass atrocities committed by state agents."
• They also called for international sanctions against senior Tanzanian officials, the release of all political prisoners, and the restoration of internet access.

Survivors in Uganda are welcoming the International Criminal Court's (ICC) confirmation of 39 war crimes charges against Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, reigniting hopes for his long-awaited arrest.

• Kony faces charges including murder, rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, and using child soldiers.
• Victims like Evelyn Amon, abducted at age 11 and forced to be Kony's wife for 11 years, demand justice and compensation.
• The LRA's insurgency in northern Uganda led to over 100,000 deaths and the abduction of between 60,000 and 100,000 children.