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CAF President Patrice Motsepe (L) speaks during the 2022 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards on 21 July 2022, in the Moroccan capital Rabat. © AFP

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East Africa promises bankable bid to host AFCON 2027

The joint bid by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to host the coveted 2027 African Cup of Nations is banking more on the commercial viability of the project than on the region's football excellence.

Subscribers only The Continent Diplomacy 26.09.2023

Interior minister muscles in as rival presidential hopefuls gear up for 2026 poll

A long-standing ally of Yoweri Museveni, Kahinda Otafiire is backing the president's bid for re-election in 2026. This puts him at odds with "First Son" Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who, like politician-pop star Bobi Wine, is keen to move into State House himself.

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2023

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July 2023. © Yegor Aleyev/TASS Host Photo Agency/AFP

Uganda pushed into austerity as new sanctions loom after anti-gay law

Ugandan politicians are split over where to make the budget cuts needed to compensate for international funding slashed in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law.

Subscribers only Finance Politics 20.09.2023

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, on 16 January 2022. © Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

Museveni sets sights on Bobi Wine's strongholds

Ahead of elections in 2026, the Ugandan president is making strategic moves in Buganda kingdom, where he is distancing himself from his old allies as he finds new ones.

Subscribers only Politics Business 01.09.2023

Ugandan opponent Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, in July 2023. © Anna Webber / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

Bobi Wine's complaint to ICC also targets Ugandan judicial system

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2023

Entebbe serves as key logistics hub for Moscow and Abu Dhabi

For the past few months a flurry of Russian-made Ilyushin cargo planes has been landing at Uganda's main airport. These aircraft are then flown to Central and East African countries in the throes of security and humanitarian crises.

Subscribers only Defence Diplomacy 12.09.2023

Indian firm selected for first phase of digital ID project

The government has launched a vast programme to set up a digital identity system for citizens. Its printing and data storage contracts offer rich pickings.

Subscribers only Politics 31.08.2023

Mohamud deploys top guns to secure EAC membership

Somalia is hoping to quickly persuade member states of the East African Community to let it join the organisation.

Free Diplomacy 25.08.2023

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in Washington on 13 December 2022.

Bobi Wine bolsters case against Museveni's security chiefs at ICC

New evidence laid before the International Criminal Court alleges that top securocrats used violence against members of the Ugandan opposition.

Subscribers only Defence 17.08.2023

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Torture, rape, incarceration... Bobi Wine's ICC case against Museveni and Muhoozi revealed

Breaking news published on 10/08/23, 14.30 - Africa Intelligence has seen the details of the case filed by Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine at the International Criminal Court. It accuses President Museveni and his son of torture.

Subscribers only Politics 10.08.2023

The opponent Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine.

Ugandan intelligence services take the fight against the opposition to Washington

The Ugandan intelligence servces are worried about the efforts being made by the National Unity Platform in Washington to raise funds for the opposition to President Museveni. The government has increased surveillance of NUP members suspected of trying to infiltrate the security services.

Subscribers only Defence 17.07.2023

Security members ride on a motorcycle before the arrival of Ugandan singer turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine as he becomes President of his new political party National Unity Platform (NUP) near NUP headquaters in Kampala, Uganda, on August 21, 2020.

Inner circles
Museveni deploys dream team to reset trade deficit

The Ugandan president has tasked his son-in-law, Odrek Rwabwogo, with doubling the country's export earnings over the next five years. A tightly-knit and well-equipped team with contacts in key sectors is now getting up to speed.

Subscribers only Finance Politics Business 14.07.2023

Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

The Belgian businessman Alain Goetz is to remain on the sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The US treasury believes he still controls the various firms that have been used in illegal gold trading in Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2023

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Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Uganda's aim of building its own crude refinery seems further than ever from fulfilment. Tired of delays by the Western companies tasked with the project, President Museveni is considering turning to Chinese partners to get it off the ground.

Subscribers only Energy Politics 11.07.2023

Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Uganda is preparing to borrow $2.6bn from UK Export Finance to start laying track between Malaba and Kampala. Construction is due to start in September.

Subscribers only Infrastructure Finance 05.07.2023

Attacks leave Ugandan army with its back to the wall

The cracks in President Museveni's security strategy are increasingly apparent as disappointment grows and international cooperation diminishes. After a brutal attack by Al-Shabaab in May, a massacre near the DRC border in June has thrown the army's inability to fend off threats into sharp relief.

Subscribers only Defence 03.07.2023

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Museveni's water strategy wins over neighbours and pressures Cairo

Uganda and Egypt both claim ownership of the White Nile's waters, and Kampala has turned to neighbouring countries in an effort to gain the upper hand.

Subscribers only Energy Diplomacy 30.06.2023

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni in Pretoria on 28 February 2023.

From Addis to Windhoek, Chinese construction firms hunt in packs

Despite widespread project delays and contract breaches in Africa, Chinese construction companies remain bullish and are drawing up new strategies.

Free Infrastructure 27.06.2023

Ruto urged to resolve milk row directly with Museveni

To protect its farmers, Kenya has restricted imports of dairy products from neighbouring Uganda. Ministerial-level efforts to resolve matters having proved fruitless, and the Kenyan president is under pressure to smooth things over directly with his Ugandan counterpart.

Subscribers only Politics Business 23.06.2023

Kenya's president William Ruto and his Ugandan couterpart Yoweri Museveni.

Berlin to appoint special envoy for Horn

Several foreign powers have sent special envoys to the Horn of Africa. Germany is about to join them.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2023

From Bobi Wine to Alien Skin, Kampala's lively music scene is ever more political

Alien Skin's growing popularity has made him a coveted player on Uganda's political stage, where musicians play a leading role in the battle between the ruling party and the opposition. Bobi Wine, the self-proclaimed ghetto president and the regime's leading opponent, is foremost among them.

Subscribers only Politics 21.06.2023

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Spotlight
East Africa promises bankable bid to host AFCON 2027

Interior minister muscles in as rival presidential hopefuls gear up for 2026 poll

Uganda pushed into austerity as new sanctions loom after anti-gay law

Museveni sets sights on Bobi Wine's strongholds

Bobi Wine's complaint to ICC also targets Ugandan judicial system

Entebbe serves as key logistics hub for Moscow and Abu Dhabi

Indian firm selected for first phase of digital ID project

Mohamud deploys top guns to secure EAC membership

Bobi Wine bolsters case against Museveni's security chiefs at ICC

Spotlight
Torture, rape, incarceration... Bobi Wine's ICC case against Museveni and Muhoozi revealed

Ugandan intelligence services take the fight against the opposition to Washington

Inner circles
Museveni deploys dream team to reset trade deficit

Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

Spotlight
Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Attacks leave Ugandan army with its back to the wall

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Museveni's water strategy wins over neighbours and pressures Cairo

From Addis to Windhoek, Chinese construction firms hunt in packs

Ruto urged to resolve milk row directly with Museveni

Berlin to appoint special envoy for Horn

From Bobi Wine to Alien Skin, Kampala's lively music scene is ever more political

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Disquiet grows within UPDF after deadly attack in Somalia

Ugandan traders obliged to export Australia-bound coffee via Kenya

Museveni cold-shoulders oligarchs facing legal storm

World Bank shells out $900m for farming

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Uganda

Spotlight East Africa promises bankable bid to host AFCON 2027

Interior minister muscles in as rival presidential hopefuls gear up for 2026 poll

Uganda pushed into austerity as new sanctions loom after anti-gay law

Museveni sets sights on Bobi Wine's strongholds

Bobi Wine's complaint to ICC also targets Ugandan judicial system

Entebbe serves as key logistics hub for Moscow and Abu Dhabi

Indian firm selected for first phase of digital ID project

Mohamud deploys top guns to secure EAC membership

Bobi Wine bolsters case against Museveni's security chiefs at ICC

Spotlight Torture, rape, incarceration... Bobi Wine's ICC case against Museveni and Muhoozi revealed

Ugandan intelligence services take the fight against the opposition to Washington

Inner circles Museveni deploys dream team to reset trade deficit

Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

Spotlight Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Attacks leave Ugandan army with its back to the wall

Spotlight Museveni's water strategy wins over neighbours and pressures Cairo

From Addis to Windhoek, Chinese construction firms hunt in packs

Ruto urged to resolve milk row directly with Museveni

Berlin to appoint special envoy for Horn

From Bobi Wine to Alien Skin, Kampala's lively music scene is ever more political

Spotlight Disquiet grows within UPDF after deadly attack in Somalia

Ugandan traders obliged to export Australia-bound coffee via Kenya

Museveni cold-shoulders oligarchs facing legal storm

World Bank shells out $900m for farming

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

DRC
Tshisekedi keeps close eye on Kabila ahead of presidential elections

Spotlight
East Africa promises bankable bid to host AFCON 2027

Spotlight
Torture, rape, incarceration... Bobi Wine's ICC case against Museveni and Muhoozi revealed

Inner circles
Museveni deploys dream team to reset trade deficit

Spotlight
Uganda struggles to launch $4bn oil refinery

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Museveni's water strategy wins over neighbours and pressures Cairo

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Disquiet grows within UPDF after deadly attack in Somalia