⦁Kagame vs. Museveni: towards an arms race

Rwanda and Uganda will be presenting their 2021-22 budgets to their respective parliaments on the same day, 10 June. Both have earmarked substantial sums for defence spending....

Headlines May 20, 2021 ?  UGANDA  _ _ RWANDA  _ _ POLITICS  _ _ 20/05/2021  _ _ Kagame and Museveni eye each other warily and up their military budgets Rwanda and Uganda will be presenting their 2021-22 budgets to their respective parliaments on the same day, 10 June. Both have earmarked substantial sums for defence spending.  [...] READ MORE ? On the same subject  UGANDA  _ _ BUSINESS  _ _ 19/05/2021  _ _ Elbit's high tech Air Force centre helps tighten Uganda-Israel ties Israeli defence giant Elbit Systems is leading the construction of a Ugandan Air Force air traffic control centre. The arrangement is a sign of how security cooperation is being integrated into the close diplomatic ties between Tel Aviv and Kampala.  [...]  DRC  _ _ UGANDA  _ _ DIPLOMACY  _ _ 21/04/2021  _ _ Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups Kampala is reluctant to hand Kinshasa the reins of the Regional Oversignt Mechanism set up to help them fight the many armed groups active in eastern DRC.  [...]  RWANDA  _ _ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  _ _ DIPLOMACY  _ _ 07/04/2021  _ _ Kagame backs embattled Touadéra on all fronts On top of diplomatic and military aid to the Central African Republic, Rwanda has quietly been placing its pawns in the country's mining sector and has its sights set on various infrastructure projects. This economic entryism is made possible by a handful of advisors close to the CAR president.  [...]  TURKEY  _ _ GREAT LAKES  _ _ DIPLOMACY  _ _ 15/03/2021  _ _ Ismail Demirtas, the new bridgehead of Turkish military business in the Great Lakes Ankara's new military attaché for the Great Lakes will need to maintain Turkish defence industry's excellent relationship with Uganda but also develop opportunities in Rwanda and Burundi, despite these two countries' troubled relations with Kampala.  [...]  UGANDA  _ _ BUSINESS  _ _ 18/11/2020  _ _ Museveni buys $110m of armoured vehicles from Turkey's Otokar Turkish manufacturer Otokar has struck gold and is set to shore up its presence in Africa by winning a $110m contract to equip the Ugandan armed forces with 100 armoured vehicles.  [...] Get unlimited access to Africa Intelligence's exclusive news SUBSCRIBE ?

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