The Commonwealth summit last week provided an unrivalled opportunity
for local monarchists to promote their own political agenda through
unabashed adoration of Britain's octogenarian sovereign,
portrayed in local newspapers as the world's greatest fash...
The government wants a peace deal to show its guests but the rebels do not want to go to gaol
Uganda is ready for CHOGM!', shout the billboards.
Traffic lights are being erected, crater-like potholes filled
in, police trained - all for this month's Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting. The government says it has spent some US$110
million o...
Commercial rivalries and contractual disputes over oil reserves
in Lake Albert, which runs along the Congo-Kinshasa/ Uganda border,
are heating up. Tensions between their two armies have ebbed even
if the border row continues to rumble.
How healthcare funds went astray just before an election – and the President’s allies are under investigation again
The death of the President's closest military advisor opens
a quiet succession contest
With the President's ear, Brigadier Noble Mayombo was
one of the most influential officers in the Uganda People's Defence
Forces (UPDF). President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is Commander-in-Chief
and after him, the top ten by rank are:
Mourners thronged Saint John's cathedral in Fort Portal, western
Uganda, on 4 May for the funeral of former military intelligence
chief and presidential aide, Brigadier Noble Mayombo.
President Yoweri Museveni's plan to sell a piece of the
Mabira Forest to the Mehta Group for sugar production has triggered
violence by demonstrators and security services.
The government raids the courts, punishes the media and buys friendship with Washington
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