The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa – Talk Announcement
The impact of elections in Africa project featuring Professors Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis will launch its findings on Ghana, Kenya and Uganda...
Done with one election, on to the next: Museveni looks to...
This has been a tumultuous year for Ugandan President Museveni. In her regular column on Presidential Power, Michaela Collord casts the spotlight on Museveni as he...
President Museveni and Uganda’s intervention in South Sudan
In this blog piece, Michaela Collord explores Uganda's intervention in South Sudan. She argues that, to date, President Museveni has skilfully muted criticism of...
The state of democracy in Africa
In his regular column for the Daily Nation, our co-editor Nic Cheeseman asks how we should define, measure, and systematically understand democracy across the diverse...
Fighting to work: Employment, not militias, will determine Uganda’s future stability
In the run up to Uganda's elections this week, a great deal of attention has been focused on the country's Crime Preventer Program. Here, Rebecca...
The Citizenship Market
Drawing on her recent research in Uganda, Katy Long asks how local Ugandans and refugees acquire passports, what those documents mean to them, and...
Uganda: How Museveni plans to “win” the 2021 elections
In 2021, at least 15 million Ugandans will queue in their respective polling stations to choose their preferred leaders, and as always the greatest...
DEMOCRACY CAPTURE & THE SHADOW STATE IN AFRICA – DOWNLOAD THE...
On World Democracy Day, 15 September 2021, the Centre for Democratic Development and Democracy in Africa will join forces to release two...
Women changing policy outcomes: learning from pro-women legislation in the Ugandan...
In this blog, Dr Vibeke Wang asks why the Eighth Parliament in Uganda, from 2006-2011, produced so much pro-women legislation. The answer, she argues,...
This is why Bobi Wine constitutes an unprecedented threat to Museveni
On 18 and 19 November, at least 54 people were killed by security forces during protests triggered by the arrest of musician-turned-politician...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?