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Uganda

Population: 46.84m
GDP: $55.58bn
Debt: 49.7% of GDP (2024)

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Marshalling anger over Museveni’s record

Opposition activists want the government’s record on schools and healthcare to be central in the 2026 election campaign

New research exposing systematic government failures across health, education, and infrastructure reveals why Uganda ranks 157th out of 193 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index in 2024-25,...


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Museveni agrees to take US deportees to win Trump’s favour

Uganda’s move to accede to Washington’s demands follows those by South Sudan and Congo-Kinshasa

Uganda’s agreement to accept deported migrants from the United States as long as they don't have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors is the latest success in...

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London court boosts Kampala-Nairobi link

The path towards a revamped passenger and freight rail link between Kenya and Uganda has become clearer, after the London Court of International Arbitration dismissed a US$2 billion...


President’s oil dream is in foreign hands

Museveni’s beloved pipeline and refinery project rides on uncertain finance from UAE and questions about China’s priorities

Uganda’s planned oil refinery at Hoima hinges its joint venture partner Alpha MBM Investments, a little-known United Arab Emirates company chaired by a minor member of the Dubai...


Muhoozi attacks regime insiders

As the president seeks to build bridges ahead of 2026 elections, his son is throwing online bombs at powerful figures

Social media attacks on rivals by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the president’s son and head of Uganda’s military, are widening divisions in the ruling family. Over the past few...


The Muhoozi succession recasts Kampala’s regional policy

President Museveni is planning his seventh presidential term but his son and heir apparent unsettles neighbouring states

As President Yoweri Museveni lays the groundwork for a seventh term next January, a pressing question remains, will he manage to control his mercurial son and heir apparent,...


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Keeping Martha Karua out of court

The Uganda Law Council’s ruling to deny a Kenyan lawyer a certificate to represent opposition leader Kizza Besigye raises concerns about political interference

The Uganda Law Council’s decision to withhold a special temporary certificate for National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya (NARC-Kenya) leader Martha Karua to practise law in Uganda, preventing her from defending...

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