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In this authoritarian and suffocating climate where being an American feels like a curse . . . it is hard to move, let alone ...
The 80-year-old has been ruler of Uganda since 1986 when he seized power after leading a five-year guerrilla war.
Uganda’s 80-year-old president announced that, after more than four decades in power, he will seek yet another term next year.
Mr Ruba was a friendly Mutooro neighbour in Jinja. We chatted about the thuggery and oppression under Milton Obote’s first regime and Idi Amin’s military junta, as well as the anarchic instability ...
To quote Speaker Among at a function in Kyazanga, Bukoto West: “We believe in the Trinity. We believe in God the Father; and God the Father is President Museveni. God the Son is MK (read Muhoozi ...
President Yoweri Museveni officially picks up his nomination papers from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission offices on Kyadondo Road, right in the heart of Kampala. The ...
Museveni seized power in 1986 The 80-year-old leader has pledged economic growth from today's GDP of US$66bn to US$500bn within the next five years. REUTERS Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has ...
Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar said Khamenei spoke of how “most of the [nuclear] sites are still in place and that Iran is going to continue its nuclear programme”.
Since Museveni rose to power in 1986, the Bahima, a tribal minority representing less than 10% of the population, have ascended from peripheral landowners to dominant custodians of Uganda’s economic ...
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