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Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Museveni has been the president of Uganda since 1986.

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Cargo planes are making almost daily flights between Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan. This lends weight to claims about Kampala's alleged support of the Rapid Support Forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.11.2024

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia
Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Despite its isolation over Nile water management, Egypt has begun to build a coalition of security partners with countries through which the river flows, starting with Uganda. The aim is to counter Ethiopia's influence.

Subscribers only Defence, North Africa, Diplomacy 11.11.2024

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Kazan, Russia, 23 October 2024.

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
East African business bosses lobby for easing of region's trade barriers

The private sector wants to harmonise customs tariffs in the East African Community. Tensions over trade have strained diplomatic relations between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda throughout the year.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 05.11.2024

Uganda
Museveni clan makes show of family unity ahead of 2026 poll

Fifteen months from the elections, the president's eldest son Muhoozi Kainerugaba is making less noise about succeeding his father. But he hasn't stopped trying to extend the army's influence, with his father's help.

Subscribers only Politics 31.10.2024

Uganda
Investors jockey for contract to build waste-to-power plant in Kampala

Several firms are competing to build a waste-fuelled power plant, but local political divisions are complicating the process. Meanwhile, the accumulation of rubbish is causing disasters, such as the one at the Kiteezi landfill site on 10 August.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.10.2024

Volunteers search for the bodies of residents killed by a landslide in the Kiteezi garbage dumping site, outside Kampala, 10 August 2024.

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
Delays, finance woes and reshuffles signal TotalEnergies' Tilenga troubles

The French major is well behind schedule in its plans to bring the Tilenga oil field on stream, while financing for the EACOP export pipeline is far from complete. Irked, group CEO Patrick Pouyanné has reshuffled key executives in a bid to speed things up.

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2024

Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanné in Paris on 23 May 2024.

Kenya, Morocco
Rabat continues quest to get Kenya to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara

In its bid for recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara, Morocco has managed to make some headway with Kenya, which has traditionally been in favour of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's independence.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.09.2024

The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, in Berlin, Germany, on 28 June 2024.

Kenya
Ruto's big plans for his Eldoret bastion

With its new administrative status, the city is hoping for new infrastructure as well as more visits from President William Ruto, who has called on Beijing to help develop the region.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 12.09.2024

Aerial view of Eldoret, August 11, 2022, during the Kenyan presidential campaign.

Kenya, Uganda
Deputy President Gachagua plays mediator between Kampala and Nairobi in dairy dispute

In the hope of winning the favours of former president Uhuru Kenyatta, Rigathi Gachagua is trying to encourage the government to reauthorise exports from the Ugandan subsidiary of the Kenyatta family firm, Brookside Dairy, to Kenya.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 06.09.2024

Brookside Dairy products at a supermarket in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenya
Odinga seeks French-speaking Africa's help in bid for AU Commission chair

The Kenyan former opposition leader is selecting his main allies in West and Central Africa with a view to securing the support of states in the region. The divisions between candidates and French-speaking countries could work in his favour.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.09.2024

Kenyan candidate for chair of the African Union Commission, Raila Odinga, during his campaign launch ceremony on 27 August 2024, in Nairobi.

Uganda
Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

The opposition leader and his allies in the National Unity Platform have just returned from a tour of the United States and Canada, during which they mobilised political and intellectual circles and the Ugandan diaspora, against a backdrop of growing mistrust between Kampala and Western chancelleries.

Subscribers only Politics 04.09.2024

Bobi Wine at the Cinema for Peace Gala Berlin on 19 February 2024.

Egypt, Uganda
Kampala steps up pressure on Cairo over Nile Basin

Uganda is hoping to gather together the leaders of the 10 member states of the Nile Basin Initiative in October, spurred on by South Sudan's recent ratification of the framework agreement on managing the river's resources.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 20.08.2024

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a state visit to Nairobi on 16 May 2024.

Uganda
Museveni tightens grip on parliament and Buganda monarchy

The Ugandan president is fine-tuning his strategy before running for a seventh term in the 2026 presidential election, focusing on legislative power and the opposition stronghold of the kingdom of Buganda.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2024

President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, in Kampala on 20 January 2024.

Ethiopia, Uganda
Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Ugandan and Ethiopian military commanders met at the beginning of July to discuss military cooperation in the fields of training, intelligence, financing and the defence industry.

Subscribers only Defence 19.07.2024

Uganda
Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

Pending its full assembly, the fugitive rebel leader's defence team has obtained additional time and the declassification of key documents. The confirmation of charges hearing is expected to take place in October, with or without Kony's presence.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 16.07.2024

Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony pictured in November, 2006.

Inner circles | Africa
The powerful friends of star oil lawyer NJ Ayuk

With 20 years' experience in legal counsel and lobbying for African governments keen to secure their countries' place on the oil map, Cameroonian NJ Ayuk, a thorn in the side of anti-fossil fuel civil society, now fancies his hand at investment.

Free access Energy 12.07.2024

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

In an effort to stem the criticism of environmentalists and growing investor disinterest, the boss of the French major, Patrick Pouyanné, has persuaded the pan-African financial institution to support the planned oil pipeline between Uganda and Tanzania.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2024

Patrick Pouyanné, TotalEnergies CEO, in Paris on 8 June 2024.

Uganda
Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Turkish, French and Chinese defence suppliers are on the sales offensive to equip the Ugandan military, commanded since March by Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Free access Defence 05.07.2024

Uganda
Energy distributor Umeme's future hangs in the balance

The country's largest electric power distributor is exploring several options before its concession expires next year. Given its market dominance, it also remains hopeful it could secure a last-minute renewal from the government.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2024

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
UN expert group details Kigali and Kampala's ongoing support for M23

Rwanda is understood to have considerably strengthened its military presence in eastern DRC, where its troops have now largely supplanted M23's combatants. Uganda, meanwhile, has come under fire on the strength of documented proof of its support for the rebellion.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.06.2024

M23 military chief Sultani Makenga, in Goma, on 25 November 2012.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Yoweri Museveni

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia
Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
East African business bosses lobby for easing of region's trade barriers

Uganda
Museveni clan makes show of family unity ahead of 2026 poll

Uganda
Investors jockey for contract to build waste-to-power plant in Kampala

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
Delays, finance woes and reshuffles signal TotalEnergies' Tilenga troubles

Kenya, Morocco
Rabat continues quest to get Kenya to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara

Kenya
Ruto's big plans for his Eldoret bastion

Kenya, Uganda
Deputy President Gachagua plays mediator between Kampala and Nairobi in dairy dispute

Kenya
Odinga seeks French-speaking Africa's help in bid for AU Commission chair

Uganda
Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

Egypt, Uganda
Kampala steps up pressure on Cairo over Nile Basin

Uganda
Museveni tightens grip on parliament and Buganda monarchy

Ethiopia, Uganda
Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Uganda
Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

Inner circles | Africa
The powerful friends of star oil lawyer NJ Ayuk

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

Uganda
Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Uganda
Energy distributor Umeme's future hangs in the balance

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
UN expert group details Kigali and Kampala's ongoing support for M23

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Yoweri Museveni

Sudan, Uganda Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda East African business bosses lobby for easing of region's trade barriers

Uganda Museveni clan makes show of family unity ahead of 2026 poll

Uganda Investors jockey for contract to build waste-to-power plant in Kampala

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda Delays, finance woes and reshuffles signal TotalEnergies' Tilenga troubles

Kenya, Morocco Rabat continues quest to get Kenya to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara

Kenya Ruto's big plans for his Eldoret bastion

Kenya, Uganda Deputy President Gachagua plays mediator between Kampala and Nairobi in dairy dispute

Kenya Odinga seeks French-speaking Africa's help in bid for AU Commission chair

Uganda Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

Egypt, Uganda Kampala steps up pressure on Cairo over Nile Basin

Uganda Museveni tightens grip on parliament and Buganda monarchy

Ethiopia, Uganda Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Uganda Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

Inner circles | Africa The powerful friends of star oil lawyer NJ Ayuk

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

Uganda Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Uganda Energy distributor Umeme's future hangs in the balance

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda UN expert group details Kigali and Kampala's ongoing support for M23

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia
Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
East African business bosses lobby for easing of region's trade barriers

Uganda
Museveni clan makes show of family unity ahead of 2026 poll

Uganda
Investors jockey for contract to build waste-to-power plant in Kampala

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
Delays, finance woes and reshuffles signal TotalEnergies' Tilenga troubles

Kenya, Morocco
Rabat continues quest to get Kenya to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara

Kenya
Ruto's big plans for his Eldoret bastion

Kenya, Uganda
Deputy President Gachagua plays mediator between Kampala and Nairobi in dairy dispute

Kenya
Odinga seeks French-speaking Africa's help in bid for AU Commission chair

Uganda
Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

Egypt, Uganda
Kampala steps up pressure on Cairo over Nile Basin

Uganda
Museveni tightens grip on parliament and Buganda monarchy

Ethiopia, Uganda
Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Uganda
Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

Inner circles | Africa
The powerful friends of star oil lawyer NJ Ayuk

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

Uganda
Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Uganda
Energy distributor Umeme's future hangs in the balance

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
UN expert group details Kigali and Kampala's ongoing support for M23