Uganda’s longtime ruler, Yoweri Museveni, and pop star–turned–freedom fighter Bobi Wine, along with six other candidates, are facing off today in the country’s presidential election. To stave off protests against Museveni’s dictatorship, the government has clamped down on dissent, cut off internet access, and sent soldiers into the streets. But, as Kristof Titeca writes in the latest issue of the Journal of Democracy, as the 81-year-old president likely heads into his fifth decade in power, what follows Museveni is anything but certain.
Uganda After Museveni
The reelection of Uganda’s octogenarian president Yoweri Museveni may be a foregone conclusion, but the country is wracked with unease. His highly personalized regime is passing, and there is no clear view of what will follow.
Kristof Titeca
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