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Uganda to take over Non-Aligned Movement mantle

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | AFP

By  Nelson Naturinda

Bureau chief based in Kampala

Nation Media Group

Uganda will, from January 2024 to 2026, chair the Global South Association of 120 countries after hosting the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kampala in January 2024.

President Yoweri Museveni will take over from Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to lead the second-biggest group of countries after the United Nations.

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