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Uganda

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  • Jie herdsmen with their livestock in Kotido district, Uganda. Paramilitaries. Credit: Sam Meyerson.
    PoliticsUganda

    “They’ve never forgotten”: Uganda’s paramilitary problem

    By Sam Meyerson
    September 3, 2020
    In Karamoja, local defence units have been deployed to stop castle rustling. But memories of past violence at the paramilitaries’ hands still loom large. ...
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  • Dan Escobar, a self-identified muyaaye, poses for a photo. Credit: Dan Escobar.
    PoliticsSocietyUganda

    Trickster or survivor? The rise of the muyaaye in Uganda

    By Liam Taylor & Lilian Namagembe
    August 6, 2020
    Presidential hopeful Bobi Wine is seen as one. So are many hustlers, thieves and thugs-for-hire. But what is a muyaaye? “Eh!, I remember in ...
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  • Uganda minorities. The Uganda Red Cross distribute support in the western Rwenzori mountains, which faced both the COVID-19 pandemic and floods in May 2020. Credit: Climate Centre.
    Covid-19SocietyUganda

    Uganda’s COVID-19 neglect of minorities is bad for everyone

    By Moses Muhumuza & Mark Kaahwa
    June 22, 2020
    The government should both support the country’s religious minorities and be open to learning from their unique wells of expertise. Read all our COVID-19 ...
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  • COVID-19 Uganda hosts the most refugees in Africa and third most in the world. Credit: UNMISS.
    Covid-19SocietyUganda

    Neglected refugees find themselves even more neglected during COVID-19

    By Lucy Hovil & Vittorio Capici
    May 12, 2020
    The experiences of refugees in Uganda exposes both a governmental and global failure. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  As COVID-19 spreads across the world, ...
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  • A screenshot of a 3D reconstruction, part of the Saving Railways project.
    CultureKenyaUganda

    Stay home and go to the museum

    By Anna Adima
    May 8, 2020
    In Kenya and Uganda, innovators are showing how history can be preserved and shared in new formats for today’s audience.  In Uganda and Kenya, ...
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  • informal economy uganda coronavirus covid-19
    Covid-19EconomyUganda

    Lockdowns’ effects are political. Restrictions on the poor always are.

    By Graeme Young
    April 20, 2020
    Those in the informal economy are particularly hard hit by responses to the pandemic. This isn’t inevitable. It’s the result of political decisions. Read ...
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  • coronavirus aid
    Covid-19PoliticsUganda

    Aid has failed. COVID-19 both exposes this and offers the chance for a reset.

    By Bobi Wine & Greg Mills
    April 16, 2020
    Coronavirus has laid bare the failures of aid. Instead of it being wasted or used to prop up big men, it must now serve ...
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  • Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a depleted but still dangerous force.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsUganda

    Kony’s rebels remain a threat, but they’re also selling honey to get by

    By Paul Ronan & Kristof Titeca
    March 10, 2020
    The LRA has gone from a fearsome fighting force to a small band struggling to survive. Is now the moment to finally end the ...
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  • Africa InsidersUganda

    Africa Insiders: Uganda’s distracting LGBTQ crackdown

    By Africa Insiders
    November 19, 2019
    The essentials: Despite a raft of ludicrous denials, it’s clear that Ugandan officials are cracking down on the country’s LGBTQ community. Following the raid ...
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  • Bobi Wine and supporters at a rally this September don the red beret . Credit: Bobi Wine.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsUganda

    To beat or not to beat: Museveni’s big Bobi Wine problem

    By Michael Mutyaba
    October 31, 2019
    Uganda’s ruling party is in a bind. Less repression will allow the opposition to mobilise and grow. More could inspire revolt. At a rally ...
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