Vol 64 No 25 | TANZANIAUGANDA China holds key to regional oil project 11th December 2023 The fate of Albertine oil and the pipeline to export it rests on Beijing's willingness to finance the plan which flouts World Bank climate rules The massive oil project, which includes the East African Crude Oil Pipeline – heated over its 1,443-kilometre journey to the Tanzanian coast at Tanga – continues to stir...
Vol 64 No 18 | UGANDA Museveni's divide-and-rule master-class 7th September 2023 Having used violence to cow the opposition the President is working hard to bribe and co-opt oppositionists into irrelevance Hard questions are being asked about the future of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), the second biggest opposition party after Bobi Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP), after...
Vol 64 No 14 | UGANDA Totally unmoved 6th July 2023 Unphased by a string of lawsuits brought by environmental groups in courts in France and elsewhere, the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has confirmed that drilling at the...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 10 | TANZANIAUGANDA The future of the pipeline depends on Beijing 9th May 2023 After Standard Chartered Bank drops out of the pipeline financing consortium, China now has the casting vote The future of the US$5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline looks increasingly dependent on China after Standard Chartered bank became the latest institution to walk away from... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 10 | GHANAUGANDA Presidents face growing pressure on draconian anti-gay laws 2nd May 2023 Populist politics clash with diplomatic imperatives in debate over planned legislation on sexual behaviour and information services Weeks after Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo played down the prospects of his approving a draconian anti-homosexuality bill, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni had appeared to be following... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 8 | UGANDA Muhoozi sticks his neck out 12th April 2023 The President's son's demands to succeed his father are testing the unity of the ruling party – and the first family General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has upped the stakes yet again in his 'tweet and delete' campaign to succeed his father as president, causing ructions in ruling circles.
Vol 64 No 7 | UGANDA Rot at savings fund exposed 30th March 2023 A parliamentary committee has demanded a minister resign and other officials be sacked after an internal dispute spilled into the open A parliamentary select committee has demanded the resignation of Betty Amongi, Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development, over her attempted interference in the management of the National...
Vol 64 No 6 | UGANDA Doubling down on anti-gay bill 16th March 2023 Uganda's parliament is set to pass a new law that criminalises identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender, same sex marriage, and the promotion of homosexuality.
Vol 64 No 4 | UGANDA Flying on empty 16th February 2023 Uganda Airlines wants to buy six new mid-range airliners costing nearly US$500 million despite losing $146m since its re-launch in August 2019. The aviation trade press reported that...
Vol 64 No 3 | UGANDA MPs expose airline fiasco 30th January 2023 Africa Confidential has obtained a devastating secret report on huge losses and mismanagement afflicting the flag-carrier, Uganda Airlines Uganda Airlines has lost US$137 million since it launched in August 2019, according to a parliamentary public accounts committee report which was suppressed by the Speaker of Parliament,...
Vol 64 No 3 | UGANDA Speaker accused of undermining parliament 30th January 2023 Opposition MPs say Parliament's Speaker blocked a debate on corruption in the national airline, and is President Museveni's stooge When Parliamentary Speaker, Anita Among, suppressed discussion on 17 January of a report into corruption and mismanagement at Uganda Airlines she triggered a political furore. Opposition MPs say...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 3 | UGANDATURKEY Museveni changes horses on mega rail project 24th January 2023 A Turkish company takes the baton after corruption and political intrigue held back the grand plan for a rail link to Kenya Uganda's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project to construct a 273 kilometre line from Kenya's border town of Malaba to Kampala has been dogged by over-priced contracts, incompetent officials,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 1 | UGANDAAFRICA IN 2023 Economy deprives regime of options 5th January 2023 The succession dominates political discourse but if Museveni stands again the economy is less able to accommodate his electoral pump-priming Economic woes and conflicts in Uganda's restive regions are set to escalate during the year as tensions accumulate over whether President Yoweri Museveni will stand for re-election to...
