How Museveni aspired to be Uganda’s ‘eternal’ president, then created an African brotherhood to realise dream
The power struggle has its roots in the years before a 2019 uprising that ousted dictator Omar al Bashir who built up formidable security forces that he deliberately set against one another throughout his almost 30-year rule. It is not easy to predict when the chaos will end, but it has reportedly already claimed 500 human lives; as many as the Luwero Triangle bush war in Uganda claimed from 1981-1985.
US gun violence culture: All people in America send their children to school but always worry if they are going to get shot
Experts point to a few contributing factors: a general increase in all types of gun violence in recent years; the proliferation of firearms amid lax gun laws; the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including the stress of long months in quarantine; a political climate unable or unwilling to change the status quo in meaningful ways; and an increased emphasis on violence in US culture.
Texas investigators link Texas gunman to white supremacism as US records 200 incidents of mass killings this year
Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology on Sunday as they work to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official has revealed. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early...
Russian military launches mass strikes on Ukraine ahead Kremlin’s Victory Day holiday
The fresh attacks come as Moscow prepares for its Victory Day parade on Tuesday, a key anniversary for President Vladimir Putin who has evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces to declare that Russia would defeat a Ukraine supposedly in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism.
Israel stirs condemnation in Palestine and Europe for demolishing a school in West Bank
The Palestinians want the more than half a million Jewish settlers there, along with Israeli soldiers, to leave the occupied territories. Israel balks at such sweeping pullouts, citing historical claims on the biblical lands.
Not my king: Anti-monarchists criticise ‘heavy-handed’ arrests at King Charles’ coronation
The police said on Saturday that they understood public concern following the arrests, but said they acted after receiving information that protesters were determined to disrupt the coronation procession.
Ukraine grain growers risk their lives to strip their farms of explosives ahead of critical planting season
More than a year since Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian agriculture industry is starting to see the full impact of what’s been dubbed “the breadbasket of the world,” whose affordable supplies of wheat, barley and sunflower oil are crucial to Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia where people are going hungry.
How Ugandan President Museveni shot his way to power from a tiny house in Kabete in Nairobi, then refused to go away
A long insurgency under the military command of Yoweri (Tibuhaburwa) Museveni combined with the internal wrangles within the UNLA between the Lang’i and Acholi elements weakened Obote’s second regime so much that it could not concentrate effectively on rehabilitating and reconstructing the country beyond the destructive effects of Idi Amin’s rule.
Joke: King Charles III is West Ham fan and Hammers are all gaga about having the monarch in their midst
The markings, however, are believed to have been made by schoolboys during the 18th and 19th centuries, meaning it could actually be a West Ham logo given the club was founded in 1895.
Novo Nordisk fuels fierce Big Pharma race as rivals jostle for $100 billion porky weight-loss drug market
Over 650 million adults worldwide are obese, more than triple the rate in 1975, and roughly another 1.3 billion are overweight, exacerbating conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, according to the World Health Organization.
