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Places in News: Uganda
Context:
Police detained 45 individuals in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, for participating in dispersed anti-corruption.
More on news:
- The protests were partly inspired by demonstrations in neighbouring Kenya which forced the President to drop planned tax rises.
- The police had denied authorization for the march and prohibited any demonstration that posed a threat to Uganda’s “peace and security.”
About Uganda
- Location:Landlocked country in East-Central Africa
- Borders: Kenya to the east, Tanzania to the south, Rwanda to the southwest, Burundi to the southwest, The Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, South Sudan to the north.
- Capital: Kampala
- Languages: English (official), Swahili (official), Luganda, and other local languages
- Major Rivers: Nile (flows from Lake Victoria)
- Major Lakes:
- Lake Victoria: Africa’s largest freshwater lake, situated partly in Uganda.
- It is the world’s second largest inland freshwater lake by size after Lake Superior in North America.
- Although Lake Baikal in Siberia is larger by volume and depth.
- Lake Albert, Lake Edward and Lake George.
- Lake Victoria: Africa’s largest freshwater lake, situated partly in Uganda.
- Mountains: Mount Sabinyo (11,959 feet / 3,645 metres) marks the tripoint of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda, Virunga (Mufumbiro) Mountains, Rwenzori Mountains,
- Currency: Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
- Membership: United Nations, African Union, East African Community.
India-Uganda Relations:
- India and Uganda have a historical relationship that extends over a century, with India establishing a diplomatic presence in Uganda in 1965.
- India conducts training courses for Uganda’s defence personnel.
- A Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India and Uganda has been in effect since 2004.
- It is a beneficiary of India’s Duty Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
