{"id":35177,"date":"2022-08-06T20:20:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T20:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/us-russia-jostle-for-musevenis-attention-while-courting-africa"},"modified":"2022-08-06T20:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T20:31:33","slug":"us-russia-jostle-for-musevenis-attention-while-courting-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/us-russia-jostle-for-musevenis-attention-while-courting-africa","title":{"rendered":"US, Russia jostle for Museveni\u2019s attention while courting Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President 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.<\/p>\n

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 \u201ccounter Russia\u2019s misinformation\u201d over the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The Russian and US envoys\u2019 itineraries took them to different African countries, but Uganda was the common factor. Both powers see President Museveni as key to building alliances for their geopolitical interests in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US and Russia know that Museveni has followers who happen to be other African leaders. And these followers matter in terms of the numbers that these powers need to take positions against the rest of the world,\u201d said Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, an opposition legislator in Uganda\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n

Ssemujju argues that while the superpowers jostle for Museveni\u2019s support, the Ugandan leader also sees an opportunity to benefit from both to keep his grip on power \u2013 for instance, asking Washington to relax sanctions imposed on his top security officials for human rights abuse allegations while he continues to get subtle backing and military equipment from Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Americans and Europeans cite human rights abuse and don\u2019t want to keep him leading Uganda, he knows the Russians will keep him in power. He knows that Bashar al-Assad in Syria is surviving because of Russia,\u201d said Ssemujju.<\/p>\n

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We don\u2019t believe in being enemies of somebody\u2019s enemy, Museveni tells Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister<\/p>\n

In Uganda, President Joe Biden\u2019s ambassador to the UN toured USAid-supported investments before holding discussions with President Museveni on internal matters that include US sanctions against top commanders of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces, as well as regional security. After Kampala, she flew to Ghana and Cape Verde in West Africa.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on July 28, Lavrov concluded a tour of four African countries \u2013 Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt and the Congo Republic \u2013 where he met leaders and rallied the continent to become Moscow allies.<\/p>\n

In a subtle message to the West while hosting Lavrov, President Museveni said Russia had stood with Africa for the past 100 years and that African countries would only condemn Moscow when it makes mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we be against somebody who has never harmed us?\u201d Museveni asked. \u201cIf Russia makes mistakes, we tell them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with the BBC on August 3 ahead of his meeting with Ms Thomas-Greenfield, President Museveni said he understood Russia\u2019s reasons to start the Ukraine war saying it had been provoked by the West\u2019s advances to breach existing security pacts by having Kyiv join Nato.<\/p>\n

The Ugandan leader said the Russian war in Ukraine is similar to the provocation of the US in 1962, when then-President John F. Kennedy nearly declared war after the Soviet Union parked its missiles in Cuba, America\u2019s neighbour.<\/p>\n

Countering Moscow<\/b><\/p>\n

Ahead of her trip, Ms Thomas-Greenfield said in a special online briefing to journalists on August 2 that Africa was buying Moscow\u2019s rhetoric about the war in Ukraine, and her mission was to counter the Kremlin\u2019s propaganda, without asking the continent to choose between the US and Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want African countries not to buy into Russia\u2019s disinformation and misinformation campaign to indicate that somehow this is a war between the United States and Russia. Let\u2019s be clear. Russia attacked Ukraine. Russia started this war,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The former assistant Secretary of State for Africa added that the current global food crisis was triggered by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Commentators have questioned Moscow\u2019s plan of trying to build alliances with Africa without backing its strategy with financial support to match America\u2019s financial carrot- Via the East African.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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