Uganda House, the 14-story building that Idi Amin purchased in 1975 right across from the home of the United Nations, stands shoulder to shoulder with the flashy new New York quarters of the US State Department. This October, the distance between the two countries, admittedly strange bedfellows, for one is a rich superpower and the other a developing country, was narrowed a little further.
For the greater part of the last two years, Uganda has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council where America is top honcho. In October, for the second time in its membership, Uganda was the chair of the council - in theory the world's most powerful body.
As is often the case in unequal relationships, Uganda has been serving as a willing surrogate for a variety of US security intentions in Somalia, the Horn and South Sudan. It's not an easy job. And as transpired on the Security Council this month, getting paid for it is no walkover either.Read More
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