Vol 62 No 2 | UGANDA Iron fist carries the day 21st January 2021 Brutal suppression of the opposition and voter intimidation won President Yoweri Museveni another term of office Although President Yoweri Museveni won the presidential election with 59% of the vote on a 57% turnout according to the electoral commission, over a dozen of the ruling National Re...
Vol 52 No 24 | UGANDA Tax deduction 2nd December 2011 As the political fallout over corruption spreads in Kampala, the legal battles are getting messier over US$434 million in tax which Kampala says oil companies owe it (AC Vol 52 No ...
Vol 51 No 6 | UGANDA The north makes its stand 19th March 2010 The prospect of the opposition uniting behind a single candidate against President Museveni in next year’s election is diminishing A year ago, opposition politicians agreed to form a national alliance, the Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue, to defeat incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, now in his 2...
Vol 42 No 23 | RWANDAUGANDA Picking a fight 23rd November 2001 British Development Minister Clare Short's intercession in Whitehall didn't stop Rwanda and Uganda banging war drums elsewhere. As Presidents Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni were s...
Vol 54 No 4 | UGANDA Spring in opposition’s step 15th February 2013 New opposition leader and liberation fighter Mugisha Muntu tries to galvanise the ranks as he senses growing disarray in the ruling party A tough police and military crackdown is stifling attempts to reproduce the success of the Walk to Work street protests led by Kizza Besigye, the then leader of the Forum for Demo...