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Oil Windfall Risks Strengthening an African Autocracy

Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for a seventh term as president this week.
Ugandan election posters in Kampala on Jan. 14.Photographer: Badru Katumba/Bloomberg

Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition, we interviewed the exiled Ugandan opposition leader, and:

An impending inflow of oil wealth will only accelerate political oppression in Uganda.