Other infernos

The government isn't winning and can't afford its wars in the west and north

The systematic killing and burning of more than 700 Ugandans by the leaders of a bogus Christian cult in mid-March generated some sympathy for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's government. He ordered an enquiry into the killings, saying poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic may have encouraged people 'to look for answers in the realm of metaphysics because there is no answer in real life'. The inferno at Kanugu, in the south-west, and the discovery of more mass graves in the area, painted a picture of desperation.

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