Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda
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The Politics of Food in the Time of COVID-19In many African states, food insecurity is a serious problem getting worse by the day. This week, international experts sounded the alarm about acute food shortages affecting some 135 million people,…
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Troubling Trends for Youth in Uganda’s DemocracyUgandans are scheduled to head to the polls early next year to select a president, parliamentarians, and local officials. But recent reports suggest that a shockingly large number of young Ugandans w…
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Uganda Renews Clampdown on the LGBT CommunityNeil Edwards is the volunteer intern for CFR's Africa Program in Washington, DC. He is a master's candidate at the School of International Service at American University and a returned Peace Corps Rw…
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Kagame’s Spat With Museveni Is Costing RwandansNeil Edwards is the volunteer intern for CFR's Africa Program in Washington, DC. He is a master's candidate at the School of International Service at American University and a returned Peace Corps Rw…
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How Will China React to Uganda’s Looming Debt Crisis?Neil Edwards is the volunteer intern for CFR's Africa Program in Washington, DC. He is a master's candidate at the School of International Service at American University and is a returned Peace Corps…
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Keeping an Eye on Uganda’s StabilityRecently, Ugandan civil society organizations warned about the likelihood of increasing political violence leading up to the country’s 2021 general elections. Disturbing incidents of opposition figur…
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Uganda's Bobi Wine Brings Attention to Museveni's Repressive PoliticsRecent events have shone an international spotlight on Uganda, where the government’s treatment of parliamentarian and musician Robert Kyagulanyi, better known by his stage name, Bobi Wine, is bringi…
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Waves of Crime Threaten Uganda’s Reputation for StabilityLately, the news from Uganda has been troubling. Rising crime rates have come to dominate the national narrative, as murders, robberies, and kidnappings have raised alarm among average citizens and e…
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Podcast: Vigilante Groups and Countering Insurgencies in AfricaNed Dalby is a senior research analyst with International Crisis Group and lead contributor to the new report, Double-Edged Sword: Vigilantes in African Counterinsurgencies. He joins me to discuss th…
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Vigilante Groups and Counterinsurgencies in AfricaIn this episode of Africa in Transition, John Campbell speaks with Ned Dalby, a senior research analyst with International Crisis Group and lead contributor to the new report Double-Edged Sword: Vigi…
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Good Governance, Better Healthcare for UgandaTravis Bias, DO, MPH, DTM&H, is a family medicine physician in California and former visiting lecturer at Kabarak University and Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences. He blogs at The Global…
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This Week in Markets and Democracy: U.S. Hunts Stolen Uzbek Assets, Bribery Still Pays, Uganda’s Democracy BacktracksUnited States Hunts Stolen Uzbek Assets The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is having a hard time collecting foreign officials’ ill-gotten gains. After finding evidence of bribery, the DOJ still n…
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This Week in Markets and Democracy: India’s Growth, U.S. Development Seeks Private Investment, and Ugandan ElectionsCan India Avoid Emerging Market Slump? India outpaced China as the world’s fastest growing economy in 2015, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising 7.5 percent. Consumption by the nation’s 1.3 bill…
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Pope Offers ‘Home Truths’ About African ElitesIn November during a Nairobi, Kenya slum visit, Pope Francis used plain language to express home truths about African elites. According to UK media the Pope ascribed the “injustices” suffered by the …