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Uganda
Population: 34.0 mn.
GDP: 17.0 bn.
Debt: 1.1 bn.
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Kizza Besigye's political challenge dwindles while dissent grows in the NRM, where factions are plotting over the succession to President Yoweri Museveni, who still eyes an East African presidential role. Progress on oil and gas production. 

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  • Vol 49 No 7
  •  28th March 2008

The ex-revolutionary front

Two dissimilar but durable leaders have more in common than might at first appear

  • Vol 49 No 6
  •  14th March 2008

On the brink of a deal

A faction of the LRA is ready to come to terms with Museveni; the rest will move on to cause mayhem elsewhere

  • Vol 48 No 24
  •  30th November 2007

Regal rivalry

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 fashion...

  • Vol 48 No 23
  •  16th November 2007

Problematic peace as the Commonwealth meets

The government wants a peace deal to show its guests but the rebels do not want to go to gaol

  • Vol 48 No 23
  •  16th November 2007

Two hotels go missing

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 on CH...

  • Vol 48 No 23
  •  16th November 2007

Guerre du lac

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.

  • Vol 48 No 20
  •  5th October 2007

Doctor, doctor

How healthcare funds went astray just before an election – and the President’s allies are under investigation again

  • Vol 48 No 11
  •  25th May 2007

Room at the top

The death of the President's closest military advisor opens a quiet succession contest

  • Vol 48 No 11
  •  25th May 2007

In the front ranks

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:

  • Vol 48 No 10
  •  11th May 2007

Noble's demise

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.

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