3-month sectarian war in India’s Manipur dents Modi’s standing ahead of G20 summit in September

3-month sectarian war in India’s Manipur dents Modi’s standing ahead of G20 summit in September

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also heads the state government in Manipur. In the federal parliament, Modi faces a no-confidence motion over the violence, the second time in over nine years in power that he has been put to the test.

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Trump faces new charges in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case as new defendant is enlisted

Trump faces new charges in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case as new defendant is enlisted

The charges Trump was already facing stemmed from documents prosecutors say Trump was illegally hoarding at Mar-a-Lago after the federal grand jury investigation began.

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Study on political messaging via music and dance returns verdict: Kenya is ‘Luhyia cultural colony’

Study on political messaging via music and dance returns verdict: Kenya is ‘Luhyia cultural colony’

Political messaging via music is not unique to Luhyia. However, compared to other Kenya tribes, political mobilisation finds a lot of expression in compositions by artistes who have roots in western Kenya. For politicians it is a faster medium of connecting with their target audience and supporters.

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Beware! Ugandans now fear Museveni and Kagame are preparing the Great Lakes Region for Tutsi-Hima dynasty

Beware! Ugandans now fear Museveni and Kagame are preparing the Great Lakes Region for Tutsi-Hima dynasty

FRONASA was, therefore, a deceptive coinage. The absolute majority of Ugandans never imagined that it referred to salvation of the Tutsi nation. They did not think about it critically. They were hoodwinked into thinking and believing that FRONASA was about salvation of Uganda. Like the nation of Israel that had become a refugee nation in Egypt, and needed God to organise its salvation through the hand of Moses, the Tutsi nation became a refugee nation in Uganda where many were in in dehumanising slavery. They needed Tibuhaburwa Museveni to salvage them. He performed, and has been performing, the task very effectively using his high military and political acumen, combined with capacity to use his tongue skilfully to convince the masses and the elite that he means well for Uganda.

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How Tutsi cultic hegemony crept into Uganda power echelons and built a crime empire via militarisation

How Tutsi cultic hegemony crept into Uganda power echelons and built a crime empire via militarisation

Both in 1926 and 1959 the Hutus revolted against the harsh, repressive Tutsi rule, forcing the Tutsis to flee to Uganda. In 1926, the British colonial rulers welcomed them in their evolving British Protectorate of Uganda, finding them useful in the emerging sugar industry. Even in 1959, the colonial rulers welcomed more Tutsi refugees following renewed social and political conflicts between Hutus and Tutsis. Many mixed freely with the population but a good number were put in refugee camps in Western Uganda.

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