UGANDA: March for climate justice

In September, young climate activist Vanessa Nakate, who launched Uganda’s Fridays for Future movement, led a march in the capital, Kampala. The march called attention to the severe effects of climate change on the African continent, a particular injustice since historically, Africa has only contributed three per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Under the government of authoritarian President Yoweri Museveni, however, protests of any kind are never easy, and over 20 young Ugandan climate activists were arrested by the police, purportedly for failing to secure permission to hold a protest.