Pork barrel: Uganda’s President Museveni half-brother, Gen Salim Saleh, has Somali genes and that complicates conflict in Somalia
Many poor and needy Ugandans who have been fortunate enough to access Gen Salim Saleh see him as man of charity. Although it is often said blood is thicker than water, it is not yet easy to say to what extent Somali refugees have gained from the vantage position of General Salim Saleh Akandwanaho, personally in the NRM regime, although as pointed out above, many have set up flourishing businesses in Uganda, while those of Ugandans collapse easily.
Revelations of massive theft of salaries for Ugandan troops in Somalia poses a threat to containment of Al Shabaab terror group
The EU explains that Atmis funds flow from the European Commission to the AU Commission, which is responsible for channelling them to the troop-contributing countries. This means that the payment of the allowances to the soldiers is not responsibility of the EU, but of the EU’s African partners involved in Somalia, namely: Uganda, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Burundi.
How President Museveni is moulding ambitious son into ‘Alternative Generator’ in Uganda’s power play
If he were Dr Kiiza-Besigye he would have been committed to prison many times and accused of sabotage, or even high treason. But Muhoozi Kainerugaba is the president’s son – the only publicly known son of the president. While opposition politicians continue to be caned and chained, Muhoozi Kainerugaba has over recent months continued to pronounce himself on issues such as the corruption of ministers and to traverse the breadth and width of the country like a president on a campaign trail just as his father does a parallel traversal.
Father and son: Uganda president rides hard luck as ruling NRA party veterans scorn ‘dynastic succession’
In a veiled attack on Muhoozi, Otafiire charged, “Tell those children of mine that the road they want to drive through at high speed has so many corners and they will knock. What has made this country reach this far is because we have been slow but sure.”
How constitutionally generated ‘indigenous’ group of Banyarwanda billionaires run Uganda
The original leader of PRA, Fred Rwigyema, held the position of State Minister for Defence and the current President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, held a top position in the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI). They participated in all the atrocities in Teso and northern Uganda.
Biden’s re-election campaign team is a mixture of new faces and tested Trump battle veterans
Biden won 306 electoral college votes, 74 more than Trump, and over 7 million more popular votes than Trump when he beat him in the 2020 election.
America’s wars: Nothing great about them except the power to destroy not just the enemy, but also themselves
n 1989, the Red Army limped out of that country, leaving behind perhaps two million dead Afghans and 15,000 of its own dead. Not so long after, the Soviet Union itself imploded and the US became the only “great power” on planet Earth.
America’s wars are nothing more than ‘ordering a wilderness of human horrors into a celebratory tale and culture’
Here’s the thing: the American experience of war since 1945 should have offered an all-too-obvious lesson for us, as well as for the planet’s other great powers, when it comes to the value of giant military establishments and the conflicts that go with them.
Changed times: Biden faces different test in 2024 presidential race with more ‘retail politics ‘ in play
Biden took office in January 2021 just as Covid vaccines were rolling out and economic conditions gradually normalised during his early tenure after the shock of nationwide shutdowns. The United States now boasts 3.2 million jobs over the pre-pandemic peak.
PM Netanyahu’s ultranationalism pushed back by demos as Israel limps toward 75th birthday
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a polarising leader revered by supporters and reviled by opponents, has played a key role in the crisis. The divisions gained steam as he was indicted on corruption charges in 2019. Israel barrelled through five cycles of elections in under four years — all of them focused on Netanyahu’s fitness to rule.
