Vol 49 No 8 | UGANDACONGO-KINSHASAOIL AND GAS Lake Albert and the gushers 11th April 2008 Congo-Kinshasa and Uganda still disagree about their shared border, but the scraps in which soldiers and civilians were killed on Lake Albert late last year have faded away, and co...
Vol 49 No 7 | UGANDAWESTERN SAHARA The ex-revolutionary front 28th March 2008 Two dissimilar but durable leaders have more in common than might at first appear There is a long, if surprising, alliance between two very different African leaders: the puritanical President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and the extravagant Colonel Moammar...
Vol 49 No 6 | UGANDA On the brink of a deal 14th March 2008 A faction of the LRA is ready to come to terms with Museveni; the rest will move on to cause mayhem elsewhere Suddenly optimism has broken out about the outcome of the long, drawn- out talks between the government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. The mediators are so confident ...
Vol 48 No 24 | UGANDACOMMONWEALTH Regal rivalry 30th November 2007 The Commonwealth summit last week provided an unrivalled opportunity for local monarchists to promote their own political agenda through unabashed adoration of Britain's octogenari...
Vol 48 No 23 | UGANDA Problematic peace as the Commonwealth meets 16th November 2007 The government wants a peace deal to show its guests but the rebels do not want to go to gaol One billboard proclaimed: '1.6 billion eyes on Uganda'. As the country rushes around making last-minute preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on 23-...
Vol 48 No 23 | UGANDA Two hotels go missing 16th November 2007 Uganda is ready for CHOGM!', shout the billboards. Traffic lights are being erected, crater-like potholes filled in, police trained - all for this month's Commonwealth Heads of Gov...
Vol 48 No 23 | UGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Guerre du lac 16th November 2007 Commercial rivalries and contractual disputes over oil reserves in Lake Albert, which runs along the Congo-Kinshasa/ Uganda border, are heating up. Tensions between their two armie...
Vol 48 No 20 | UGANDA Doctor, doctor 5th October 2007 How healthcare funds went astray just before an election – and the President’s allies are under investigation again The office of First Lady Janet Museveni is at the centre of a row over the misuse of healthcare funds according to investigators into two financial scandals at the Ministry of Heal...
Vol 48 No 11 | UGANDA Room at the top 25th May 2007 The death of the President's closest military advisor opens a quiet succession contest The untimely death from acute pancreatitis of Brigadier Noble Mayombo was widely lamented. He was a top intelligence officer, Private Secretary to Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga ...
Vol 48 No 11 | UGANDA In the front ranks 25th May 2007 With the President's ear, Brigadier Noble Mayombo was one of the most influential officers in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is Command...