Country Reports
Countdown to the Ugandan Elections
The Big Questions
With the Ugandan elections around the corner, the report focuses on the major questions that dominate the local and international debate on the electoral exercise: the political playing field, the major policy issues, the party landscape, party promises and their campaign strategies, the regional and international relevance of the Ugandan election, and the prospects of electoral violence. more…
Guarding the Guardians
Managing Peace and Non-Violence During the Elections in Uganda
On February 18, the second general election since the re-introduction of multiparty democracy will be held in Uganda. There are widespread speculations that violence may affect the polling process and the period after. In consequence, the countries’ security scheme has been strengthened in anticipatory preparedness, with the government stating that this was necessary to ensure that core democratic values such as a peaceful, free and fair election process could be defended. more…
Uganda: Constitutional Court Strengthens Multiparty Democracy
On 1st February, the Ugandan Constitutional Court officially banned about 70 candidates from contesting in the upcoming elections – among them popular political figures including some ministers of the current cabinet. The ruling affects all those candidates – mainly for seats in parliament – who are running on a platform different from the party ticket through which they got their current seats. more…
Juba Peace Talks Collapse
A Golden Opportunity for Peace is Slipping through our Hands
When peace talks between the Government of Uganda (GoU) and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) started in July 2006, there was all optimism that a conflict that has brought unspeakable misery in northern Uganda over the last two decades would come to an end. This article attempts to make an analytical insight into the current stalemate in the peace process. The talks which were the only hope for peace in northern Uganda are collapsing. The author analyses what this means for northern Uganda. more…
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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is represented with its own office in around 70 countries on five continents. The foreign employees can give first-hand reports on current happenings and long-term developments in their respective countries. Their "country reports" offer visitors to the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung exclusive evaluations, background information and forecasts.
