The Grey Crowned Crane also know as the Crested Crane is the national bird of Uganda and adorns the centre of the national flag and court of arms. Despite its significance to the country's heritage, this bird is now under threat and could soon become extinct due to the continued ...
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since Kony took up arms in the late 1980s, initially against the Ugandan government. The International Criminal Court has a warrant against Kony, one of the continent's most wanted men. Driven out of Uganda, the guerrillas have since scattered acro...
In the late 1990s Uganda faced international criticism over its involvement in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After many attempts at resolution, the last of the Ugandan troopswithdrewfrom the DRC in 2003. In December 2005 theInternational Court of Justicedetermined ...
Museveni announced a policy ofmoralas well as economic reconstruction, although it was not easy to enforce. Sporadic military resistance to the new government continued, particularly in the north and east. Arms were plentiful, and dissatisfied persons were willing to use them to promote their ...
The country struck an arms deal with Rostec for Sukhoi jets at a cost of $700m in 2011, which was a controversial outlay. The parties have not agreed the shareholding of the refinery, but the Russian team can take up to 60%, with Uganda and other East African governments left to take...
to remove the presidential age limit of 75 years as well as to reinstate the limit of two terms; this would allow Museveni, then 73, to stand in the next two presidential elections. Although the amendment was challenged in the courts, it was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in 2019...
Arms were plentiful, and dissatisfied persons were willing to use them to promote their ends. The NRA, despite the president’s injunctions, sometimes proved as heavy-handed in dealing with opponents as Obote’s forces had been. Security did improve, however, at least in most of central, ...