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Uganda: No Resolution to Growing Tensions - Crisis Group
Uganda: No Resolution to Growing Tensions - Crisis Group

Posted in Politics by flow007 414 days ago (http://www.crisisgroup.org)

Most Ugandans are better off than they were a quarter-century ago, when Yoweri Museveni became president. But frequent demonstrations and violent crackdowns indicate many are deeply dissatisfied with his administration.
The discovery of significant oil reserves (estimated at 2.5 billion barrels) is unlikely to reduce social and political tensions. The oil may ensure Museveni’s control by enabling him to consolidate his system of patronage but also will increase corruption and disrupt the steady growth produced by economic diversification.