Key things to know about Uganda, the 'Pearl of Africa'
The East African Thursday January 14 2021 Billboards of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni who is running for his 6th presidential term are seen on a street in Kampala, Uganda, on January 4, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary President Yoweri Museveni, who took power at the head of a rebel army in 1986, has tried to position himself as something of a regional statesman and peace broker. Uganda has a long history of accepting refugees from over its borders, and hosts more civilians fleeing persecution than anywhere else in Africa. Advertisement Kampala, Uganda is landlocked, straddling the equator ro...