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AFRICAin exceptional cases to support governance or sectoral reforms. Since then,most have turned to project support and reduced or stopped direct budget support.For international development assistance to address corruption, Uganda’sdonors should significantly increase the focus on accountability at the highestlevels of government, and ensure that any reengagement is based on substantivechanges to Uganda’s anti-corruption structures. External donors shouldalso actively and vocally support civil society working to document and raiseawareness of corruption, by both financially supporting their work and publiclydenouncing arrests and harassment of activists.International bilateral donors continue to press the government to respect lesbian,gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights including pushingpolice leadership to meet with LGBTI activists and improve communication andresponse to threats to members of the LGBTI community.In contrast, there continues to be minimal criticism of security force conduct,such as the killings during protests in 2009 and 2011 and past and current torturecases. The army continues to receive logistical support and training fromthe US for counterterrorism, its leading role in the African Union Mission inSomalia (AMISOM), and counter-LRA operations in the Central African Republic(CAR).193