Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

A rift between President Yoweri Museveni and the Governor of the Bank of Uganda Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile is rapidly widening (AC Vol 53 No 11 Wars of the succession)...

The hefty loans have drawn the ire of the opposition and of human rights campaigners who accuse President Yoweri Museveni in power for nigh on 29 years of using the projects as a vehicle to stash cash for the next elections...

Beyond Burkina Faso's borders the drama is being watched intently in countries whose Presidents are planning to extend their rule namely: Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Togo's Faure Gnassingbé Benin's Yayi Boni Djibouti's Omar Guelleh Uganda's Yoweri Museveni Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwanda's Paul Kagame...

President Yoweri Museveni aims to limit possible leadership challenges from within the governing National Resistance Movement through wide-ranging changes to the party's constitution...

United States' military aid and training in surveillance techniques is helping President Yoweri Museveni's government to crack down on the opposition say political sources in Kampala...

President Yoweri Museveni has sparked a bitter war in the ruling National Resistance Movement over his decision to stand in the 2016 election...

After nearly three years of back-and-forth negotiation with oil companies President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally caved in...

This is part of the ambitious $24 billion Lamu Port South Sudan and Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset AC Vol 53 No 19 The rush for land & Vol 54 No 13 Unhappy anniversary) which is why Kenyatta's speech came as he met Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni...

Yet to the frustration of human rights and anti-corruption campaigners some of whom held demonstrations outside the State Department for the duration of the summit other long-stay leaders such as Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Cameroon's Paul Biya Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré were accorded full diplomatic honours and more discreetly feted by local business groups and lobbyists...