Uganda

Kampala drags out second bid round talks

The president's shake-up of his top oil honchos has failed to speed up the attribution of five new blocks that have been up for grabs for more than two and a half years.

Crispus Kiyonga, the politician forever at the heart of relations with Beijing

The former minister and ambassador is now a member of Uganda's ruling NRM party's executive committee, but he is still in charge of the country's relations with China.

Museveni and Paris unite against ADF by boosting security cooperation

The Ugandan president and the country's French ambassor discussed last month the possibility of boosting their defence cooperation through the training of Uganda's mountain troops. These soldiers play an essential role in the fight against rebel groups in the east of DRC which are destabilising the region.

Museveni's anti-ADF offensive in Congo aims to reassure TotalEnergies and CNOOC