Vol 37 No 17 | UGANDA Museveni's new model army 23rd August 1996 The fate of Sudan's National Islamic Front government is of critical importance to President Yoweri Museveni. Backing Colonel John Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Army and, espe...
Vol 37 No 14 | SUDANUGANDA Border butchery 5th July 1996 Thousands of refugees from Southern Sudan have fled their camps in north-west Uganda, amid deepening insecurity. The exodus began on 18 June, emptying Wajo and Adana refugee camps ...
Vol 37 No 11 | UGANDA Museveni's party 24th May 1996 Museveni now has a mandate to tackle the economy – as long as the army is kept happy Kaguta has won and the man better known as Yoweri Museveni is Uganda's first elected President, with 72.4 per cent of the vote. Museveni chose to run with his middle name (original...
Vol 37 No 11 | UGANDA War in the north 24th May 1996 Museveni swept to victory everywhere except in the north, where fighting continues President Yoweri Museveni's victory may have given him over 74.2 per cent of the vote but it has not given him what many thought he needed most: a strong showing in the north. All ...
Vol 37 No 10 | UGANDA Past and present 10th May 1996 The spectres of past elections and battles haunted the Presidential poll to be held on 9 May. Parliamentary elections are due in June. President Yoweri Museveni was relying on supp...
Vol 37 No 5 | UGANDA Museveni's party piece 1st March 1996 Veteran candidate Ssemogerere may make the presidential election a close-run affair There is a growing feeling in Kampala that Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda and of the ruling National Resistance Movement, will win this year's election only by an embarrassin...
Vol 7 No 4 | UGANDA How near to a coup? 18th February 1966 Last week Uganda was very near to a coup. Rumours of plotting and of coupsd'etat are endemic in Uganda politics, and have become to some extent self-perpetuating – to a rumou... READ FOR FREE