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- Vol 45 No 11
- 28/05/2004
The LRA fights on
After a brief rest, the Lord's Resistance Army under Joseph Kony has slaughtered more defenceless civilians in displaced camps in northern Uganda. In Pagak on 16 May, the rebels clubbed at least 20 people to death, say the Uganda People's Defence Forces; ...
- Vol 45 No 10
- 14/05/2004
The family khaki
Despite his retirement from the army, President Museveni is closer to the military than ever
- Vol 45 No 5
- 05/03/2004
Double war
Rebel massacres and party activists are shaking the National Resistance Movement's political dominance
- Vol 44 No 24
- 05/12/2003
Military muscle, political problems
The government's failure to end the LRA's brutal campaign points to a growing national crisis
- Vol 44 No 24
- 05/12/2003
Colonel Kizza's story
In exile after claiming to have been targeted by government assassins, Colonel Kizza Besigye remains the opposition's most credible flagbearer. His strength is that he was for years an insider: a Banyankole like President Yoweri Museveni, Besigye fought w...
- Vol 44 No 19
- 26/09/2003
In come the vigilantes
The 'Arrow Boys' are doing better than the army in the war against the LRA
- Vol 44 No 19
- 26/09/2003
Model reformer stumbles
Uganda may be faltering as a model reformer but Western states and multilateral organisations still pay most of its bills: about 55 per cent of the national budget in the 2002-03 fiscal year. The picture will be much the same in 2003-04 as long as Gerald ...
- Vol 44 No 18
- 12/09/2003
Dr Faustus, I presume
The deal to give the President another term in exchange for reform is crumbling
- Vol 44 No 16
- 08/08/2003
Father and son
The death of Idi Amin Dada, prematurely reported several times by Kampala newspapers in recent weeks, may indeed be imminent. 'He is alive but remains in a near-death condition in a coma... Should he encounter further life-threatening problems, resuscitat...
- Vol 44 No 12
- 13/06/2003
Kazini goes back to school
The sacking of a top general has nothing to do with allegations of his corruption, say the military
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