| LAKEALBERT | Body of water between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley |
| AMIN | President of Uganda in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland (4) |
| FAZALHAQ | Afghanistan bowler who took 5-9 against Uganda in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 (8,7) |
| FAROOQI | Afghanistan bowler who took 5-9 against Uganda in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 (8,7) |
| HOSEIN | West Indies bowler who took 5-11 against Uganda in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup (5,6) |
| AKEAL | West Indies bowler who took 5-11 against Uganda in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup (5,6) |
| KASAI | Tributary of the Congo River that forms par of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (5) |
| CABINDA | Northern exclave of Angola, bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. (7) |
| NYASA | Lake ___, body of water in central Africa at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley (5) |
| LAKENYASA | Body of water in Central Africa at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley, also called Lake Malawi (4,5) |
| REDSEA | Body of water in the Great Rift Valley |
| LUCY | Name given to an Australopithecene skeleton found in the Great Rift Valley, the world's most famous hominid fossil (4) |
| LAKEKIVU | Body of water between the Congo and Rwanda believed to be set to explode (4,4) |
| SOLENT | The ___, body of water between the Isle of Wight and the British mainland (6) |
| MALAWI | African country in the Great Rift Valley (6) |
| KENYA | Country in the Great Rift Valley |
| TSUGARUSTRAIT | Body of water between the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan (7,6) |
| IDIAMIN | Which soldier became president of Uganda in 1971, ruled through most of the decade as a military dictator, and is now considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history? (3,4) |
| ADRIATIC | Body of water between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula, _ Sea (8) |
| BASSSTRAIT | Body of water between the Australian mainland and one of its islands (4,6) |
