European Union
Uganda’s refugee plan is a third funded as Kampala seeks EU help
Humanitarian funding to Uganda fell from $357.2mn in 2024 to $158.6mn in 2025, and this year's refugee plan has already passed that total
Coffee
Ugandan agriculture exports face €2.75bn threat as EU tightens traceability rules
Shared-cost models between buyers and suppliers emerge as Uganda's best hope for meeting EU traceability standards that threaten access to lucrative coffee markets
EU/Africa: Modesty and realism should drive new partnership
The EU’s objective is to become Africa’s partner of choice, a goal set by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during our first visit to the AU’s headquarters in Addis Ababa in 2020
Uganda among beneficiaries of EU’s €13m minerals grant
Uganda is among six beneficiaries of a €13m (Shs58b) grant from the European Union under the ACP-EU development minerals programme, a pioneering three-year, multi-country initiative, to build the profile and improve the management of development minerals in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Museveni mediation fails to bridge Economic Partnership Agreement differences
Negotiations for the agreement were finalised in October 2014, with Kenya and Rwanda acceding to it in 2015. Other EAC member states are yet to sign the agreement, with Tanzania the most vocal dissenter
Brexit triggered: here’s what happens now
Now that Theresa May, the British prime minister, has triggered Article 50, the process of formally negotiating Brexit can begin. Here’s what to expect in the next two years.