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Uganda

  • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Uganda pins hopes on burgeoning oil industry

    Critics argue rights of local farmers are at risk as farmlands and ecosystems could be damaged by pipeline

    A boy stands next to a globe at the Murchison Falls National Park in north-west Uganda
  • Monday, 26 July, 2021
    Social affairs
    Let’s solve the learning crisis together

    Researchers in low-income countries want more focus on basic literacy and numeracy

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Special ReportInvesting in African Infrastructure
    Uganda’s SafeBoda and the art of motorcycle mass transit

    Start-up ride-hailing service brings safety, security and bright orange helmets to the streets of Kampala

    Head start: SafeBoda driver wears his distinctive helmet
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    World
    Museveni’s grip on Uganda: ‘he doesn’t believe in change’

    The longstanding president won a sixth term amid allegations of vote-rigging, corruption, and nepotism

    Supporters of Uganda’s National Resistance Movement celebrate in Kampala, Uganda, after President Yoweri Museveni wins general election
  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Ugandan opposition leader cries foul after Museveni landslide

    Singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine claims widespread fraud during presidential vote

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Person in the News
    Bobi Wine, a tenacious challenger set on power in Uganda

    During his campaign, Africa’s ‘ghetto president’ has been beaten and thrown in jail more times than he can recall

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the news Bobi Wine
  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Uganda’s election shows dangers of a captured state

    Africa’s people have not given up on democracy. Nor should others

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’ Wine battles for office in a bulletproof vest

    Democracy ‘on trial’ as pop star takes on longstanding leader Yoweri Museveni

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    David Pilling
    Democracy in Africa is in retreat

    But the clamour from the street for representation and justice is getting louder

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of David Pilling column  ‘Democracy in Africa is in retreat’
  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Uganda security forces shoot supporters of Bobi Wine

    Killings mark a sharp escalation in violence two months before elections are due to take place

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    Asian business schools
    How to choose a business course in Asia-Pacific

    Only you can decide — but this overview of the business education landscape will help

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    David Pilling
    Is the coup making a comeback in Africa?

    Democracy is the norm across the continent, but soldiers are still seizing power

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
    News in-depthAsia-Pacific companies
    Asia-Pacific start-ups brace for coronavirus bruising

    Some survivors can look forward to greater market share in their sectors

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    FT SeriesMeet the NextGen
    The 19-year-olds who will shape Africa’s future

    In a continent with a median age half that of Europe, tech is opening up new vistas for the young

  • Sunday, 15 September, 2019
    Uganda’s oil ambitions delayed as deals stall

    Oil majors will be pulling back from project preparations

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Tullow Oil PLC
    Tullow Oil scraps $900m Ugandan stake sale to Total and Cnooc

    French and Chinese groups fail to resolve tax credits dispute

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
    Huawei Technologies
    Uganda confirms use of Huawei facial recognition cameras

    Police deny surveillance technology is monitoring opposition politicians

    A pedestrian passes by a Huawei Technologies Co. mural painted on a wall in Lusaka, Zambia, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Most of the digital infrastructure projects in Zambia, like the more visible airport terminals and highways, are being built and financed by China, putting the country at what the International Monetary Fund calls a high risk of debt distress. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    News in Focus13 min listen
    Bobi Wine takes on Uganda's ageing dictator
  • Monday, 15 July, 2019
    Bobi Wine to run for Uganda president in 2021

    Former rap singer will stand as independent against Yoweri Museveni 

    Bobi Wine: 'We came to the conclusion that we should challenge this regime as a generation'
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    ESG investing
    Ebola escalation keeps World Bank’s ‘pandemic bonds’ in spotlight

    Instruments have been criticised for strict criteria on when affected nations receive payouts

    TOPSHOT - A health worker puts on protective gears as he prepares to screen travellers at the Mpondwe Health Screening Facility in the Uganda's border town of Mpondwe as they cross over from the Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2019. - A grandmother in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials said on June 12, 2019, the second fatality in the country since a major outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo crossed the border. (Photo by ISAAC KASAMANI / AFP)ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    Ebola
    Ebola outbreak in Congo causes first death in Uganda

    Confirmed cross-frontier cases mark significant escalation of epidemic

    FILE - This Tuesday, April, 16, 2019 file photo taken in Congo shows an Ebola health worker at a treatment center in Beni, Eastern Congo. Uganda's health ministry said late Tuesday, June 11, 2019 that a 5-year-old Congolese boy who crossed into Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighboring Congo last year. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro, File)
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
    African politics
    Botswana court decriminalises homosexuality

    Gay sex still criminalised in 30 of Africa’s 54 countries

    Activists celebrate outside the High Court in Gaborone, Botswana, Tuesday June 11, 2019. Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex when the High Court rejected as unconstitutional sections of the penal code that punish same-sex relations with up to seven years in prison. (AP Photo)
  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    MTN Group Ltd
    Deportation of MTN unit head compounds African mobile group’s problems

    Company gives no explanation for Wim Vanhelleputte’s expulsion from Uganda

  • Thursday, 6 December, 2018
    Emerging markets
    Ex-Hong Kong official convicted in US on Africa bribery charges

    Guilty verdict shows US not deterred from taking sensitive Chinese cases to court

    This courtroom sketch shows Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho, center, with his lawyers Jonathan Bolz, left, and Edward Kim, right, listening as a guilty verdict is delivered convicting him of bribing the presidents of two African nations to secure oil rights for a Chinese energy conglomerate, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2018 in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
  • Friday, 19 October, 2018
    World3 min
    Musician turned politician aims to shake up Ugandan politics

    'Ghetto president' Bobi Wine has fanatical support among the urban youth

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