Museveni Backs Ex-Rival Olara Otunnu for United Nations Secretary-General

Uganda · GEOPOLITICS Key Facts —The nomination: Uganda formally nominated Olara Otunnu for UN Secretary-General on 24 July 2026. The UN circulated the nomination to all 193 member states on 25 July 2026. —The candidate: Otunnu, born in 1950, is a former Ugandan Foreign Minister and UN Under-Secretary-General. He invented the “Otunnu Formula” straw-ballot system…