Sad tale of Zuma’s pal Museveni, Ugandan President for 30 years… and counting
Critics say Yoweri Museveni has for years been rigging polls and using state funds to prop up his political party.
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Paul Clark: Africa always brings something new – a worthy investment opportunity
Investors should consider the exciting investment opportunities on the continent of Africa, as these can offer diversified and high growth investments and, after all, Africans themselves are already investing there.
Looking to feed the world – Africa needs to make agriculture create wealth not just food
Africa has the acreage, but not the expertise. Not to harp too much on the destruction of ‘Africa’s Breadbasket’ across the Beit Bridge, there are countless willing and able small farmers throughout the continent that would be able to create wealth for themselves through agriculture. In comparison China produces about 143 million tons of rice against … Read more
Ugandan parliament set to re-introduce anti-gay law
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s parliament will try to re-introduce an anti-homosexuality law that was thrown out by a court, a lawmaker leading the effort said on Wednesday, a move that could once again damage relations with the West. Last week, the east African country’s constitutional court nullified the law, signed by President … Read more
Uganda sees export earnings rising by at least 15% in 2014
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda expects its export earnings to grow by at least 15 percent this year, helped by the removal of tariffs on sales to a regional trading bloc it joined this month, a government official said on Monday. Uganda‘s exports were virtually flat last year, totalling $2.89 billion, a notch up from … Read more
Uganda says anti-gay bill misunderstood by donors who halted aid
KAMPALA (Reuters) – International donors who withheld aid over Uganda’s anti-gay bill “misinterpreted” the law whose main focus was to stop promotion of homosexuality to children and others, the government said on Tuesday. Widely condemned by donor countries, the law imposes jail terms of up to life for “aggravated homosexuality”, which includes homosexual sex with a … Read more
Ugandan central bank says in market to sell dollars, shilling steady
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – The Ugandan shilling was stable on Tuesday after the central bank said it was in the market to sell an undisclosed amount of dollars, helping the local currency regain some lost ground, but traders said it was likely to remain under pressure. By 0637 GMT commercial banks quoted the … Read more
U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality. The White House said in a statement the measures were intended to “reinforce our support for human rights of … Read more
Africa’s sports bars, TV shacks step up security for World Cup
By Elias Biryabarema and Andrew Heavens KAMPALA/ABUJA (Reuters) – Guards search customers and peer into bags at Kampala’s Kyadondo bar, almost exactly four years after militants set off explosives in a sports ground outside, killing dozens of fans watching the last World Cup final on a giant screen. The crowd is small and mood subdued … Read more
U.S. warns of terrorist attacks against churches in Ugandan capital
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The United States has received intelligence of a “specific terrorist threat” against churches and other places of worship in the Ugandan capital, its embassy there said. A security message on the embassy’s website did not say who was planning the attack, but Somali Islamist militants have previously threatened, and struck, Uganda and … Read more