Relationship dossier
Burundi
Uganda
Relationship assessment
Regional diplomacy has provided a concrete, though limited, basis for Burundi–Uganda cooperation.
Burundi toward Uganda
+15Burundi engaged with the East African Community dialogue facilitated by Uganda during Burundi’s political crisis, providing a concrete instance of cooperation with the Ugandan government.
Uganda toward Burundi
+25Uganda took a facilitation role in East African Community efforts to support dialogue over Burundi’s political crisis, engaging directly in a regional diplomatic process concerning Burundi.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a concrete cooperative strand in regional diplomacy, particularly Uganda’s facilitation of dialogue concerning Burundi’s political crisis and Burundi’s engagement with that process. The breadth and durability of direct bilateral cooperation beyond this episode are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Burundi and Uganda have engaged through regional diplomacy, notably the East African Community’s efforts to address Burundi’s political crisis. Uganda took a facilitation role in the dialogue, and Burundi engaged with the process. These actions indicate some concrete cooperation, though the scope of other direct government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Uganda took a facilitation role in East African Community dialogue concerning Burundi’s political crisis; Burundi engaged with the dialogue process.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of direct bilateral cooperation beyond regional diplomacy is unclear.
- The degree to which the Uganda-facilitated dialogue produced lasting results is uncertain.