Uganda’s interest in natural resources during the second Congo war has had a lasting impact on how it’s perceived in the DRC.
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Kenya’s first post-independence president used his writings to present himself as a leader of an exceptional sort.
Women are constantly battling stereotypes that seek to maintain the status quo of male dominance in political spaces.
An emotional roller coaster, the film tracks the pop star’s political battle up close and personal.
Ogwal’s experiences as an opposition politician are emblematic of the challenges faced by political opponents of the regime in Uganda.
Bobi Wine’s run at the presidency in 2021 had appeared to present an unprecedented threat to Yoweri Museveni’s longstanding rule.
East Africa’s reaction to the war in Gaza appears shaped by history, affinity to the policies of the west and the threat of terrorism.
State security agents violently quashed protests following the 2020 arrest of musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
The World Bank’s funding freeze reflects a shift from policy imposition to indirect ways of controlling client nations.
The founding story of Museveni’s government remains persuasive for a great many people 37 years later.
The history of Christian nonconformism should lead church leaders to look with sympathy on gay Ugandans’ situation today.
The Ugandan law is one of a spate of laws across Africa that are said to protect the heterosexual African family.
It seems likely that Uganda’s president, who has described homosexuality as ‘disgusting’ will pass this bill into law.
The Ugandan militant remains on the run despite a US$5 million bounty on his head for war crimes committed between 1987 and 2006.
Smuggling in Uganda’s West Nile region is seen as an act of defiance – a way to make ends meet in the face of perceived state neglect.
The inhumanity of Idi Amin’s ‘economic war’ was about much more than the expulsion of Asians.
The plan to replace Museveni with his son has dramatically shifted from rumour to reality in recent months.
Uganda uses unpredictability to combine democratic institutions with authoritarian power.
Tension persists between the neighbours as Kampala is yet to address all of Kigali’s grievances.
Fresh efforts to capture Kony comes amid growing influence of Russia in the Central African Republic.
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Professor of Anthropology and International Development, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Lecturer of Mass Communications, Uganda Christian University
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Professor of History and African Studies, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Political Science and Global Studies, Universidad de los Andes
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Politics Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Post Doctorate Researcher under the DANIDA funded project on security, sustainable growth and peace in Uganda., University of Copenhagen
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
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Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick
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Jimmy Spire Ssentongo is an Associate Dean (Research and Publication), School of Postgraduate Studies and Research at Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Martyrs University
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Lecturer, University of York
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Lecturer in Law, University of East London
