Uganda-Rwanda Crisis

Politics & Policy

The Rwanda border is open but distrust could close it again

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse. But the issue is not yet a settled matter
Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame at State House, Entebbe, in March 2018.
Politics & Policy

Uganda-Rwanda crisis: Tough choice for Museveni on Rwandan dissidents

Rwanda's Paul Kagame wants President Museveni to kick out Rwanda National Congress dissidents, or – in Kagame’s view – ‘terrorists’. Whether Museveni will do that is the question
Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame shake hands
Economy

Exports rise most in 2 years in 2019 on surge in gold shipments

Uganda's export growth rose to a two-year high last year as a surge in gold shipments helped shake off the effects of a border crisis with Rwanda, preliminary data show
Shipping containers on a container ship
Newsletters

Week in review: Trade disputes, social media tax, African internet registry

Trade disputes between Uganda and her neighbours are putting even more pressure on treaties signed under the East African Community. URA wants social media tax imposed on data purchases. Stella Nyanzi won an international free speech award
Economy

Uganda posts largest trade deficit on record

Uganda posted a record merchandise trade deficit in April as imports strongly outpaced exports, Bank of Uganda figures show
Export containers at a port.
EconomyPolitics & Policy

Uganda exports to Rwanda hit hard by border closure

The ongoing standoff between Uganda and Rwanda, which saw the latter closing its borders in late February, has hit Ugandan exports to its south-western neighbour, recent data show
Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame at State House, Entebbe, in March 2018.