DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 24 | KENYAUGANDA Ruto and Museveni go east 29th November 2022 The latest forays by East African leaders show their region's fast-expanding economic ties with Asia Less than a fortnight after their Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan visited China to drum up trade and investment, Presidents William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni of Kenya and ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 22 | TANZANIAUGANDA Dash to oil depends on China 3rd November 2022 Uganda is hoping that Chinese funding will enable it to make good on plans to start commercially pumping its oil reserves in April 2025, as the latest part of its ambitious East Af...
Vol 63 No 21 | KENYAUGANDA How Muhoozi threatens his father's grip on power 11th October 2022 President Museveni's erratic son has exposed a dangerous vacuum of power which could trigger a messy succession battle The falling out between President Yoweri Museveni and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba is dividing the first family and the state bureaucracy, as well as deepening disaffection in the m...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 20 | TANZANIAUGANDAEUROPEAN UNION African leaders warn on climate talks failure at UN General Assembly 28th September 2022 Gap widens ahead of COP27 on finance and carbon targets between rich and developing economies The first week of speeches at the UN General Assembly augured badly for progress at the UN's COP27 Climate summit in Sharm el Sheikh with leaders from the global South rejecting st... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 19 | UGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kampala pays war reparations to Kinshasa 13th September 2022 In his eagerness to woo Tshisekedi, Museveni makes a down payment on disputed debt Uganda's move to pay the first US$65 million installment towards its $325m reparations bill to Congo-Kinshasa, despite describing the Netherlands-based International Court of Justi... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 18 | RWANDAUGANDA Slow progress on the diplomatic de-icing 6th September 2022 President Museveni's son, General Muhoozi, is keener on restoring ties with Kigali's government than his father The deep freeze between Rwanda and Uganda may be coming to an end after officials confirmed earlier this week that they had resumed diplomatic talks. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 11 | TANZANIAUGANDA Campaigners disrupt East African pipeline plan 24th May 2022 European governments are suspending plans to drop fossil fuel projects but many big banks fear reputational damage if they raise finance for them Environmental activists are stepping up efforts to dissuade banks and insurance companies from supporting the $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, due to run... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 10 | KENYARWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kenya sponsors risky anti-militia plan 12th May 2022 Nairobi has assembled regional states to fight Congolese armed groups, but they include the very countries the groups depend on for aid An agreement by regional governments to form a joint military force to deploy against armed groups in Congo-Kinshasa looks like a diplomatic masterstroke by Kenya, which is coordin...
Vol 63 No 9 | RWANDAUGANDA Muhoozi's coming out party 28th April 2022 With the help of a high-level organising committee, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba marked his 48th birthday with a bash at Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala that amounted to a political ...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 8 | RWANDAUGANDA Deporting dissidents boosts Generals Muhoozi and Kagame 11th April 2022 A meeting of minds on oppositionists between Kampala and Kigali could leader to a wider rapprochement When General Muhoozi Kainerugaba ordered the deportation of Robert Mukombozi of the opposition Rwandan National Congress (RNC) this month he was confirming his authority as special... READ FOR FREE
