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...
Vol 37 No 14 | SUDANUGANDA Border butchery 5th July 1996 Thousands of refugees from Southern Sudan have fled their camps in north-west Uganda, amid deepening insecurity. The exodus began on 18 June, emptying Wajo and Adana refugee camps...
Vol 50 No 8 | UGANDAANALYSIS Museveni - from grand reformer to simply surviving 17th April 2009 With his eyes on another five-year presidential term in 2011, President Yoweri Museveni has shaken up his cabinet, touted Uganda's future as an oil exporter and pressed for a military resolution to the conflict with the LRA. The only thing that could stop him from extending his 23 years of rule is infighting between the factions of the ruling National Resistance Movement. Museveni's long-term allies benefit from his grip on power, but a new generation in the ruling party wants changes to policies and leadership. President Yoweri Museveni has two main power centres. Firstly, the National Resistance Movement which still enjoys popular support across Uganda, especially in the vote-rich rural areas. The NRM...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 12 | UGANDACHINA The race to give Museveni what he wants 19th October 2009 In Uganda, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation has taken the pole position in discussions to buy out part of Irish oil company Tullow's interests in more than one billion barrels...
Vol 44 No 16 | UGANDA Father and son 8th August 2003 The death of Idi Amin Dada, prematurely reported several times by Kampala newspapers in recent weeks, may indeed be imminent. 'He is alive but remains in a near-death...