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- Vol 46 No 25
- 16/12/2005
Mr and Mrs
Not content with being the Mother of the Nation and the leading pro-abstinence and anti-condom campaigner, Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni is penetrating the political arena. Mama Janet, as she is widely known, is standing against the opposition MP...
- Vol 46 No 23
- 18/11/2005
Tears, fears and a martyr
The arrest of the strongest opposition candidate for the presidency left everyone weeping
- Vol 46 No 22
- 04/11/2005
Homecomings
A corpse and an ambitious politician return to upset President Museveni's re-election plans
- Vol 46 No 22
- 04/11/2005
Museveni's military
Too many observers think of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) as an ill-disciplined bunch of ghost soldiers flying about in junk helicopters. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hopes that the reshuffle he announced on 24 October will change that ...
- Vol 46 No 21
- 21/10/2005
Khartoum's game
Despite energetic denials, Khartoum continues to help Kony and the LRA
- Vol 46 No 20
- 07/10/2005
Congo connection
Where next for the Lord 's Resistance Army? Some 400 LRA fighters under deputy commander 'Brigadier' Vincent Otti crossed into north-east Congo-Kinshasa last month from Southern Sudan. But Congo will not be a safe haven.
- Vol 46 No 19
- 23/09/2005
Moving the Movement
The threat of a boycott may be the opposition's most powerful weapon in next year's elections
- Vol 46 No 18
- 09/09/2005
Clamped
Hardline measures against dissident soldiers and journalists point to government nervousness before March's elections . In power since 1986, President Yoweri Museveni will contest again, after parliament lifted the term limits on the presidency. Retire...
- Vol 46 No 16
- 05/08/2005
Prizes for all
Everyone claimed victory in the referendum of 28 July (AC Vol 46 No 15). The National Resistance Movement has been strengthened because it won the 'Yes' vote it had advocated.
- Vol 46 No 15
- 22/07/2005
A tree, a house, a president
In a confused campaign, the referendum on multiparty politics is too close to call
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