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Russia used “little green men” in Ukraine. China used predatory loans in Uganda. But the effect was the same in both countries: Extraterritorial control! First a little context: You should all have a friend like my old college roommate … One of the many reasons why is that he texted me on Saturday to invite… Read more.
I have been lamenting Uganda’s floundering democracy all my adult life. With respect to elections, here is what I wrote years ago in “Where’s the Outrage?! Opposition Leaders Doing Hard Time During Elections,” December 30, 2006. ____________________ Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is no more a democratic pioneer in Africa than Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak is in… Read more.
Media stunt Collins is a 12-year journeyman who has played for six NBA teams, and is currently looking for his seventh. Therefore, his courageous stand is undermined by the fact that he waited to take it on his way out of the league. Still, I’m cynical enough to believe that, given the way he’s being… Read more.
It speaks volumes about the confluence of virtual reality and reality that erstwhile sensible people seem convinced that a one-day chain of celebrity tweets can do more to defeat Africa’s most brutal guerrilla fighter, Joseph Kony, than foot soldiers who have been on non-stop search-and-kill missions to get him for more than a decade. Specifically, much is being made in the media this week… Read more.
Kony is Amin’s demon spawn Joseph Kony is a former altar boy. But it’s a testament to his venality that his name now symbolizes pure evil. That’s because he’s unleashing a reign of terror not seen on the African continent since the despotic rule of Idi Amin. Except that Amin had a noble cause. He wanted to… Read more.
