Uganda

The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences prevented the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections. In January 2009, Uganda assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2009-10 term.

Economical characteristics

 * Currency: Ugandan shilling (ISO code: UGX)
 * Central bank discount rate: 9.65% (31 December 2009)
 * Commercial banks lending rate: 20.96% (31 December 2009 )
 * Stock of money (M1): $1.483 billion (31 December 2008)
 * Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $1.485 billion (31 December 2008)

Notable events:

 * Banking crisis: 1994-2002

Links

 * Uganda on Wikipedia
 * Central bank of Uganda
 * Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
 * Studies from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
 * BBC country profile