Uganda

Central Africa’s Strategic Balance Is Crumbling

With the war in Ukraine raging on and the Indo-Pacific balance narrowing, it is easy to lose sight of the more “apparently” prosaic conflicts, such as the Kivu conflict, which...

Why Ukraine’s Struggle Matters for Africa’s Democrats

The brutal reality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine hit me hard when I visited the country with Zitto Kabwe at the invitation of The Brenthurst Foundation, an African think...

WHO Pleas for Aid in Containing Uganda Ebola Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed that it was working with Uganda to prevent the country’s Ebola outbreak from spreading to other nations, CNBC reported. Health authorities in...

Ebola Fears Prompt U.S. to Divert Uganda Visitors to 5 Airports

Any individual entering the United States who has been to Uganda within the past twenty-one days will be rerouted to one of five airports for “enhanced screening,” as an Ebola...

Uganda Begins Paying $325 Million in Congo War Reparations

The Ugandan Finance Ministry announced on Monday that it had transferred $65 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—the first installment of the $325 million reparations package that...

Can Blinken Reset Washington’s Relationship With the DRC?

U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken will take a five-nation tour across Africa and Asia from August 2-11. The senior official’s visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

Is Biden Upholding Democracy or Stoking Tensions in Africa?

President Joe Biden’s early pronouncement that “diplomacy is back” notwithstanding, the methods—if not the tone—employed by key members of the administration’s foreign policy team have thus far proven remarkably consistent...

Does Japan’s Foreign Aid in Africa Provide Diplomatic Benefits?

Earlier this fall, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his third trip to Africa since assuming office in late 2012. Abe’s trip was centered around attendance at the sixth edition...

The Festering Leadership Problem in Africa

It is no secret that bad leadership at the top has long been a brake on the economic, political, and social development of certain African countries. Many years the Mo...

10 Elections to Follow in 2016

Millions of people around the world went to the polls this year. Nigerians voted out their incumbent president and elected a former military dictator in his place. British voters surprised...