Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From The Brookings Institution Expanding formal financial services—including traditional services (offered by banks) and digital services (provided via mobile money systems)—to individuals previously excluded from their access can improve their capacity to save, make payments swiftly and securely, and cope with economic shocks. Importantly, having access to financial services is also considered a critical component […]

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APA-Kampala (Uganda) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Juba has said Uganda will not withdraw all its troops from South Sudan as stated in the recent peace agreement. In provisions of the new compromise deal, all foreign forces are required to leave the country within 45 days. Uganda maintains an 8000 strong contingent of troops […]

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From National Public Radio AARON MOSELLE The Little League World Series is in full swing. Perennial teams like Japan are still alive, but so is a country making just its second-ever appearance: Uganda. The team has experienced highs and lows so far. Sunday night it lost 7-0 to Venezuela, but the squad is still alive […]

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From The BBC By James Copnall South Sudan analyst A year and a half of peace processes have not stopped South Sudan’s collapse. Soldiers slaughter young boys, women are raped and millions have fled as ceasefires are ignored and the fighting continues. An expanded mediation team from the regional body Igad and several other interested […]

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Human Rights Watch demands independent investigation after claims that African Union troops killed six wedding guests. Troops from Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti are in Somalia to battle al-Shabab [Reuters] Human Righs Watch (HRW) is demanding an independent investigation into the alleged killing of six men at a wedding party in Somalia by African […]

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President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto (right) tour Mumias Sugar Company after they presented a Sh1 billion bailout. PHOTO | PSCU In Summary Sugar is a metaphor for some of the surprising differences between the two countries. Today, Uganda is the true capitalist economy. Kenya, with its humongous parastatal sector, is like […]

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  President Yoweri Museveni. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has criticised US President Barrack Obama over his remarks about African leaders’ failure to respect presidential term limits and clinging on power for life. Addressing a joint press briefing on Moday with Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House Entebbe, 40 kilometers […]

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Kenya and Uganda have agreed on the route of a planned pipeline that would carry crude from Ugandan oilfields to the Kenyan coast. The pipeline, when built, will run for about 1,500 kilometers from Uganda’s Hoima district through the Lokichar basin in northern Kenya and to the Kenyan coastal town of Lamu. The East African […]

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From the New York Times By SAM ROBERTS Photo Jemera Rone in Sudan in 1998. Beginning in 1993, she revealed the toll of the civil war between Sudanese soldiers allied with Muslim militias in the north and African insurgents in the south. CreditCorrine Dufka/Reuters Jemera Rone, who abandoned a legal career on Wall Street in her 40s […]

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From the Daily Monitor By Frederic MusisiKampala — Ugandans living in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico have added their voice to the chorus of other nationals living abroad to press government to allow them cast their ballot from North America. The president of the Ugandan National North American Association (UNAA), Mr Brian […]

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