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Uganda

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  • SocietyUganda

    “You belong to Joseph Kony”: How Dominic Ongwen and others became child soldiers

    By Ledio Cakaj
    January 24, 2017
    Testimony from a former child soldier of the Lord’s Resistance Army highlights the moral and human complexity of Ongwen’s case at the ICC. Earlier ...
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  • EconomyUganda

    Museveni says he’s “not excited” about Uganda’s oil. Is anyone anymore?

    By Michael O'Hagan & Liam Taylor
    December 7, 2016
    The discovery of sub-Saharan Africa’s fourth largest oil reserve has been hailed as a panacea to Uganda’s problems. But even at peak production, it ...
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  • SocietyUganda

    Decolonising Makerere: On Mamdani’s failed experiment

    By Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire
    August 1, 2016
    At the “Harvard of Africa” in Uganda, power remains in imperial structures and bodies, while excellence is still defined on Western terms. In 1922, within a few ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    In Defeat, Defiance: Why Uganda’s repression of resistance could come back to haunt it

    By Michael Mutyaba
    June 3, 2016
    By narrowing political space and clamping down on the opposition and media, President Museveni is ensuring future demands will have to find expression through alternative channels Since the ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    To break or to build: The choice now facing Uganda’s opposition

    By Liam Taylor
    April 4, 2016
    With the Supreme Court upholding President Museveni’s election victory, which way will Uganda’s opposition turn? ‘When the going gets tough, the tough must get ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    Uganda’s chemical elections and politics of tear gas

    By William Monteith
    February 22, 2016
    Uganda’s police force have become increasingly reliant on tear gas in response to rising political disaffection in the capital. This morning, after a weekend ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    #UgandaDecides: How Museveni survived, grabbed donors by the balls, and became the very thing he warned against

    By Richard Dowden
    February 17, 2016
    In the 18 February election, President Yoweri Museveni will almost certainly extend his rule and will probably keep extending it until he dies in office. ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    Uganda Election: Why it’s too early to rule out Kizza Besigye

    By Rosebell Kagumire
    February 17, 2016
    Polls don’t register passion. While most observers are predicting that Ugandans will vote to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s rule when they head to the ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    Uganda: The opposition’s missed opportunity in parliamentary and local elections

    By Nicole Beardsworth
    February 16, 2016
    The ruling NRM makes sure that running as an opposition candidate is as tough as possible. But rival parties have not done themselves any ...
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  • PoliticsUganda

    6 things we learned from Uganda’s presidential debate

    By Rosebell Kagumire
    January 17, 2016
    Lesson 3: Underestimate the underdogs at your peril On the night of 15 January, Uganda held its first ever televised presidential debate. The incumbent ...
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