US, Russia jostle for Museveni’s attention while courting Africa
President Yoweri Museveni after his meeting with Russia's Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the State House in Entebbe, Uganda, on July 26, 2022. PHOTO |AFP
President Yoweri Museveni is in the eye of the US-Russia storm over the war in Ukraine, with top envoys from both countries making trips to Kampala within eight days of each other, and the veteran Ugandan leader looking to gain from both global powers.
On the third leg of his tour of four African countries, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov flew to Uganda and met with President Museveni on July 26. And on August 3, US representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield arrived in Entebbe to “counter Russia’s misinformation” over the war in Ukraine.
