Vol 50 No 17 | UGANDA Haunting Museveni 28th August 2009 The return of former United Nations Under-Secretary General Olara Otunnu to Uganda this month after 23 years in exile could galvanise the country's fractious opposition parties against President...
Vol 50 No 13 | UGANDA Unable to spend 26th June 2009 Uganda's first female Finance Minister, Syda Namirembe Bbumba, was big on optimism with her $3.6 bn. budget, which had no tax increases. With economic growth expected to slow...
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 50 No 8 | UGANDAOIL AND GAS Oil without borders 17th April 2009 The drama surrounding oil reserves on the Ugandan and Congolese sides of Lake Albert came to an end in April with London's Heritage Oil and Gas and Ireland's...
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 49 No 25 | UGANDA Out with an editor 12th December 2008 The once media-friendly President has lost patience with Uganda’s fourth estate Journalists are no longer in favour with President Yoweri Museveni, who seems to blame them for his waning popularity. He once treated his encounters with the press as...
Vol 49 No 22 | UGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kony's new front 31st October 2008 As the crisis around Goma intensifies, conditions further north are deteriorating, opening up the possibility of more regional intervention. In the mineral-rich Orientale, Ugandan Joseph Kony’s Lord’s...
Vol 49 No 16 | UGANDA Fourth for M7 1st August 2008 Having amended the constitution to allow him to run for a third consecutive term in 2006, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni intends to run for a fourth five-year term....
Vol 49 No 14 | SUDANUGANDA Kony causes trouble again 4th July 2008 The rebel chief Kony's refusal to make peace causes trouble between Uganda and South Sudan On 30 June, Southern Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon ordered the Ugandan People's Defence Forces out of the country, accusing the UPDF of kidnapping and killing a...
Vol 49 No 14 | UGANDACONGO-KINSHASA The competition heats up 4th July 2008 As oil exploration continues apace on Lake Albert, Uganda and Congo threaten to make business difficult for foreign companies Companies drilling on the Ugandan side of Lake Albert, which straddles the border with Congo-Kinshasa, had a rude shock in mid-June when President Yoweri Museveni announced that Uganda...