Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From Reuters By: Elias Biryabarema Kampala - Ugandan police arrested opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye as he prepared to travel to a rally on Thursday, in what his supporters called an escalating crackdown before next year’s elections. Television footage showed an officer detaining Besigye outside his home on the edge of the capital, Kampala, days after […]

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From The East African By Trevor AnaloSenior Burundian officials say they are in support of dialogue between the government and opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s administration, adding that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has failed to bring both sides to the negotiating table. Last week, President Nkurunziza sent emissaries to Kampala, following his surprise inauguration last […]

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from Agence France-Presse Bujumbura, Burundi | by Esdras NDIKUMANA Burundi’s rival political factions met for crisis talks Wednesday mediated by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a last-ditch effort following months of violence ahead of polls next week. Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year term in an election next Tuesday, despite a […]

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Esdras NDIKUMANA | 14 July, 2015 15:33 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni Image by: STR / REUTERS Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni flew to Burundi Tuesday for crisis talks, as President Pierre Nkurunziza readied for a third term bid in polls next week following months of violence. Museveni, appointed mediator last week by the five-nation East African Community […]

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FILE - Former Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. Reuters July 09, 2015 5:45 AM KAMPALA—Ugandan police on Thursday arrested a former prime minister who has launched a direct challenge to veteran President Yoweri Museveni by seeking the ruling party’s nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Amama Mbabazi, who Museveni sacked last year in what was […]

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From Business Day BY AGENCY STAFF, JUNE 15 2015, 18:03 Yoweri Museveni. Picture: REUTERS KAMPALA — Sacked Ugandan prime minister Amama Mbabazi announced on Monday he will challenge his former ally, veteran President Yoweri Museveni, in elections next year. President Yoweri Museveni, aged 70 and the east African nation’s leader since 1986, has already been […]

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