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BBC news/ Uganda: [] [] CIA World Factbook/ Uganda: [] World Bank: [] [] [] [] * When Elephants Fight: the lives of children in conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Uganda- By Eric Walters and Adrian Bradbury Leader: Yoweri Museveni Country Benchmarks- 51 (24th/53 countries)
 * went to university of Dar Es Salaam and studied economics and political science
 * became a member of the National Resistance party, claiming political parties split uganda along ethnic lines
 * former guerrila comander
 * January 26th, 1986 seized power
 * recent election on february 18th, won fair and square with security forces stationed across the country ad observers noting it as peaceful
 * won with 68% of vote againsty Kizza Besigye
 * won elections in 1996, 2001, 2006, and elections were february 18th 2011
 * wants to build a $2 billion dollar oil refinary
 * even the balance of power with Kenya
 * give the country energy dependance
 * estimated 2.5 billion barrels of oil
 * amended the constitution in 2005 to eliminate the limit on the number of terms a president may serve
 * introduced democratic reforms
 * created a multiparty political system when amending the constitution in 2005
 * reduced abuses by army and police
 * introduced economic reforms in the 1990's to severely increase economic growth and decrease inflation
 * Improved country after past rulers
 * Idi Amin (1971-1979)
 * killed over 300,000 opponents
 * Milton Obote (1980-1985)
 * human rights abuser
 * population: 33.8 million
 * Capitol: Kampala
 * Languages: English/ Swahili (both official), Luganda, Bantu and Nilotic languages
 * Religions: predominantly Christian and Islam
 * member of the UN ,the Commonwealth of states, and the AU
 * landlocked with many rivers and lakes throughout
 * bordered by DRC, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania
 * currently the president has soldiers in Somalia as an AU mission battling fighters linked to Al-Qaeda
 * Environmental Issues include draining of wetlands for agricultural use, deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, and poaching
 * Government
 * 1962- achieved independence
 * 1995- established as a republic with execuative. legislative, and judicial branches
 * presidential elections every 5 years
 * Economy
 * coffee is it's main exporter, thus vulnerable to decreasing prices of it
 * other exports include fish, tea, tobacco, cotton, corn, beans, and sesame
 * with the recent discovery of oil within the country, the economy has grown
 * the global economic crisis impacted the stock market and currency values, however they have now stabilized, "sound and well- capitalized"
 * GDP averaging 8.3% growth in the last 5 years
 * Country Relations
 * strained relationship with DRC
 * References: Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi
 * military involvement up until 2003 in DRC's civil war
 * Uganda and Rwanda backed rebels in DRC trying to overthrow the government
 * DRC claims uganda still is involved in the mineral rich east part of DRC while DRC fails to disarm Ugandan rebels on their soil
 * tripartite plus program- facilitated by US between Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC to help ease tensions
 * president remains active to implement a peace agreement with Burundi and continues to support peace initiative in Somalia and Sudan
 * 2700 AU force members in Somalia as part of mission
 * Problems/Achievements
 * prolonged drought
 * public education- teachers are absent approximately 27% of the time however attedance by students has doubled
 * severe energy shortage
 * high oil/food prices
 * poverty rates continue to decline from 38% (2002) to 31% (2005)
 * LRA (lords resistance army)
 * inhabited Uganda for more than 2 decades and has killed tens of thousands, displacing more than 1.5 million people
 * spread to neighboring countries
 * president has a military stance, rather than wanting to negotiate
 * "one of the most effective guerrilla armies in Africa"
 * leader Joseph Kony wants to take over the country and run it along the lines of the 10 commandments
 * wanted by the International Crime Court
 * 2005- Ugandan military pushed LRA out of Northern Uganda and no attascks of the LRA in northern area since august 2006
 * HIV/AIDS
 * drastically reduced AIDS virus into single digits (was 30% in 1990's) to 6.4%
 * pioneer in publicizing media
 * government loosened controls in 1993
 * radio is most popular outlet
 * Safety and Rule of Law- 54
 * Personal Safety- 48
 * Rule of Law- 65
 * Accountability and corruption- 48
 * National Security- 55
 * Participation and Human Rights- 51
 * Participation-44
 * Rights -46
 * Gender- 63
 * Sustainable Economic Opportunity- 49
 * Public Management- 65
 * Private Sector- 54
 * Infrastructure- 15
 * Environment and the Rural Sector- 63
 * Human Development- 49
 * Health and Welfare- 55
 * Education- 44