MUZENGERA: The Indian Ocean is not a privilege, it’s a pan-African right

When President Yoweri Museveni declared that Uganda’s access to the Indian Ocean “must never be treated as a favour but as a sovereign right”, he did not merely articulate a logistical concern; he detonated a long-suppressed geopolitical truth. His words reverberate far beyond Kampala, speaking directly to the existential dilemma faced by 16 landlocked African nations whose economic futures remain tethered to the goodwill of their coastal neighbours.