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Uganda
Museveni's polarising campaign among religious leaders

The Catholic clergy is concerned about the repressive climate and the Ugandan army's involvement in the election campaign. As for the head of state, he is mobilising his evangelical base.

DRC, Uganda
Museveni clan extends its tight rein on trade routes

Several members of the presidential family are determined to play an important role in the flow of resources, mainly from neighbouring DRC. The Ugandan army plays a decisive role in securing trade routes to Kampala.

Uganda
Museveni opens new 2026 election battlefront in coffee sector

By abolishing the state agency in charge of coffee, the Ugandan president has deprived the kingdom of Buganda, an opposition stronghold, of strategic resources a year before general elections. At the same time, his government is stepping up its foreign coffee partnerships.

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.

Uganda
EU-Uganda business platform set to start operating at full speed

The Sustainable Business for Uganda Platform (SB4U), which was officially launched at the Uganda-Europe Business Forum in Kampala in 2020, looks set to finally get a secretariat and staff capable of allowing it to fully function.

Palace Intrigues
William Ruto, Emmanuel Macron, Yoweri Museveni

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon-Kenya Ruto lends a hand to the Commonwealth after coup

Nigeria French trade minister heads to Abuja as consolation prize

Uganda Pastor Patience Museveni builds father's northern networks

Uganda
Kampala appoints US trade representative

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni named US national Cody Lorance trade representative to the US.

Uganda
The marriage of Museveni's daughter also ties the knots with key families

Angela Kakishozi, born out of the Ugandan president's second relationship, last week married the son of a former army general who has recently been critical of the head of state.

Uganda
David Mafabi, Museveni's evening star

As he approaches sixty, David Mafabi has become the rising star among President Yoweri Museveni's political strategists and in the [...]