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An anti-corruption billboard in rural Zambia

Uganda stagnates in bottom quarter of anti-corruption rankings

Uganda ranks in the bottom quarter of a global barometer of public sector corruption released Tuesday
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosts an honour guard to welcome Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to the Pentagon for a meeting 27 September 2013

US response to Uganda’s anti-gay law and persistent human rights violations

US government, at the direction of President Biden, published an account of all the actions it has taken in response to the Anti-Homosexuality Act and other human rights concerns
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on US foreign policy at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

US announces visa restrictions in latest anti-gay law sanctions

US to deny visas to officials responsible for anti-gay law and policies that oppress other vulnerable groups

ULS rule of law report: tame, cowardly

The Uganda Law Society avoids confronting powerful institutions that undermine the rule of law, opting instead for easier targets

Three years on, the events of November 2020 loom large

Opposition National Unity Platform says some of its supporters are still unaccounted for since November 2020, and continues to face intense scrutiny from security forces
Flags of African countries and the United States flag at the 20th African Growth and Opportunities Act Forum held in Johannesburg, November 2023

As Agoa draws to a close in 2025, an expert takes stock of its achievements after 23 years

It seems that the African Growth and Opportunities Act boosted trade between the United States and every other eligible country, except for Uganda
Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni, gestures, while smiling, and seated, in an October 2023 photo

Museveni strikes defiant tone on AGOA, US advisories

Recent actions by the US to dissuade American companies from investing in the country and to exclude it from a regional trade deal over its anti-gay law are rooted in a lack of respect, according to President Museveni
The United States White House in Washington DC

Anti-gay law: Biden administration moves to exclude Uganda from trade pact

President Biden said that despite 'intensive engagement', Uganda had failed to address US concerns about its failure to meet AGOA eligibility criteria
Sculpture of Lady Justice at Dublin Castle

Rule of Law: the same old story in Uganda and continuing erosion worldwide

Report highlights the continuing decline in rule of law around the world as governments loosen constraints on their power and weaken fundamental rights – and little change in Uganda

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