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Uganda (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised June 28, 2023
Report Number IF10325
Report Type In Focus
Authors Lauren Ploch Blanchard
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

U.S. officials have viewed Uganda as a key security partner in East Africa for over a decade. It has played a lead role in high-profile counterterrorism and stability operations in the region, most notably in Somalia. Uganda is major recipient of U.S. foreign aid and one of the top recipients of U.S. security assistance in Africa. The United States provides logistics, training, equipment, and advisory support to the Ugandan military for its regional operations. Reports of torture and unlawful killings by security forces complicate the bilateral relationship, however, as do growing concerns about Uganda’s political trajectory. The country has never had a democratic transition of power.