Uganda–United States relations

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Uganda – United States relations
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Uganda
United States

Uganda – United States relations are bilateral diplomatic, economic, social and political relations between Uganda and the United States.

According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 79% of

Ugandans approve of U.S. leadership, with 11% disapproving and 10% uncertain.[1]

Overview

Prime Minister Milton Obote in The Oval Office With President John F. Kennedy During Obote's Visit to the US Shortly after Uganda Gained Independence (October 22, 1962)

Although U.S.–Ugandan relations were strained during the rule of

embassy in Kampala. Relations with successor governments were cordial, although Milton Obote and his administration rejected strong U.S. criticism of Uganda's human rights situation
.

Bilateral relations between the United States and Uganda have been good since

War on Terror. The United States is helping Uganda achieve export-led economic growth through the African Growth and Opportunity Act
and provides a significant amount of development assistance. At the same time, the United States is concerned about continuing human rights problems and the pace of progress toward the establishment of genuine political pluralism.

President Reagan meeting with President Museveni in 1987

U.S. development assistance in Uganda has the overall goal of reducing mass

humanitarian assistance to populations without access to adequate food supplies because of conflict, drought
and other factors.

U.S.

Fulbright
lecturers and researchers to Uganda, and sponsors U.S. study and tour programs for a wide variety of officials from government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Through Ambassador's Self-Help Fund, local groups in poor areas receive assistance for small projects with a high level of community involvement.

U.S.-Ugandan relations also benefit from significant contributions to health care,

Donald Trump administration
.

Principal U.S. Officials include Ambassador William W. Popp.[2]

The U.S. maintains an embassy in Kampala, Uganda.

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with the Obamas in 2009

Relations between the two countries have recently been shaken when, on June 19, 2014, the Obama administration cut funding to Uganda in addition to canceling a planned military exercise with their armed forces in response to Uganda's outlawing of homosexuality that February, which had already been met with worldwide condemnation, especially from the Western world. On June 20, the Ugandan government accused the U.S. of "blackmail".[3]

Relations were similarly shaken in May 2023 after the

Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023
was passed.

See also

References

  1. Gallup
  2. ^ "Key Officers (copy) | Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07.
  3. ^ "Uganda Says US Gay Penalties are 'Blackmail'". Voice of America. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

Further reading

  • Miller, Olivia. "Ugandan Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 4, Gale, 2014), pp. 449–458. online

External links

Media related to Relations of Uganda and the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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