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Uganda

All eyes turn to new gold prospects

A conflict zone until quite recently, north east Uganda is now the new frontier for hardy miners. Holding an exploration [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.02.2013

Beijing & Moscow in refinery game

A refusal by Tullow Oil and Total to consider building a regional refinery has prompted Kampala to seek partners in Russia and China.

Subscribers only Energy 05.02.2013

Who’ll take over from Tamoil?

The Kenyan and Ugandan governments have issued a joint invitation [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.02.2013

Yoweri Museveni's young guards

President Yoweri Museveni is having a hard time bringing his party's dissidents to heel. He is doing so by using his Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and a handful of young ministers.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2013

EIB under attack on Bujagali

A mediator from the European Union is going to look [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Stephen Mukitale

Stephen Mukitale, a lawmaker from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Parliament out of Museveni's control

Parliament is rebelling more and more. President Yoweri Museveni alternates between authoritarianism and clumsiness, but has not really found the right balance.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2013

BG Africa Group

The Ugandan lawyer Julius Mukumbya Musoke joined the team of [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2013

New start for Kilembe copper

Eight firms have submitted bids in a government tender to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Ernest Rubondo

The powerful boss of the petroleum exploration and production department at Uganda’s energy ministry, Ernst Rubondo, accompanied the country’s president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Oil bill squeezes through

Uganda's oil industry has come under new legislation since Dec. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

South African firm ENS in Kampala

After Burundi and Rwanda, the South African law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs is to open in Uganda.

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2012

Edith Ssempala

The Ugandan former ambassador Edith Ssempala has moved to a new job, after working for the World Bank for three [...]

Subscribers only 30.11.2012

World Bank buys stake in Umeme

After helping to finance the distribution firm Umeme, the World Bank is poised to acquire a stake in it through International Finance Corp.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2012

Patrick Bitature

Patrick Bitature, 51, who was recently named one of the five richest men in Uganda by the American magazine Forbes, [...]

Subscribers only 16.11.2012

Unigroup

The Kampala based Unigroup, whose shareholders include the finance minister [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2012

Tullow takes Kampala to court

On Oct. 31, Tullow Uganda Operations, the local affiliate of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2012

Who will succeed General Nyakairima?

President Yoweri Museveni has drawn up a list of generals who could replace the Chief of Defence Forces, General Aronda Nyakairima, who wants to leave the job soon.

Subscribers only Politics 02.11.2012

EADB

Several years after first financing a line of credit for [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.10.2012

Marathon returns to Sudan

By investing in an area on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, Marathon has resumed exploring in the Sudanese basin which it was forced to quit because of American sanctions.

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.2012

Difficult birth of anti-LRA force

Kampala already disagrees on the organisation of the African Union’s newly created Regional Task Force against the LRA.

Subscribers only Politics 05.10.2012

Nairobi/Kampala

Despite the efforts of Prime Minister Raila Odinga to get [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.10.2012

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U.S. in rush to lock in oil supplies

The American administration is doing its best to place a lock on an ever bigger share of Africa’s oil. To do that, several government departments are working in concert to head off conflicts linked to oil on the continent while [.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2012

Total switches security staff

The official in charge of security for France’s Total in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2012

Police is still very political

The sacking of the head of the police Violent Crime and Intelligence Unit is another example of the political battles around the Ugandan security forces.

Subscribers only Politics 21.09.2012

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Uganda

All eyes turn to new gold prospects

Beijing & Moscow in refinery game

Who’ll take over from Tamoil?

Yoweri Museveni's young guards

EIB under attack on Bujagali

Stephen Mukitale

Parliament out of Museveni's control

BG Africa Group

New start for Kilembe copper

Ernest Rubondo

Oil bill squeezes through

South African firm ENS in Kampala

Edith Ssempala

World Bank buys stake in Umeme

Patrick Bitature

Unigroup

Tullow takes Kampala to court

Who will succeed General Nyakairima?

EADB

Marathon returns to Sudan

Difficult birth of anti-LRA force

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U.S. in rush to lock in oil supplies

Total switches security staff

Police is still very political

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Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Uganda

All eyes turn to new gold prospects

Beijing & Moscow in refinery game

Who’ll take over from Tamoil?

Yoweri Museveni's young guards

EIB under attack on Bujagali

Stephen Mukitale

Parliament out of Museveni's control

BG Africa Group

New start for Kilembe copper

Ernest Rubondo

Oil bill squeezes through

South African firm ENS in Kampala

Edith Ssempala

World Bank buys stake in Umeme

Patrick Bitature

Unigroup

Tullow takes Kampala to court

Who will succeed General Nyakairima?

EADB

Marathon returns to Sudan

Difficult birth of anti-LRA force

Nairobi/Kampala

Spotlight U.S. in rush to lock in oil supplies

Total switches security staff

Police is still very political

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
U.S. in rush to lock in oil supplies