Vol 38 No 16 | UGANDA Museveni's backyard 1st August 1997 Sweeping changes in the region have not ended the rebellions against Kampala After helping to bring major changes to neighbouring Congo-Kinshasa and Southern Sudan, the Ugandan armed forces have now escalated their attempts to stamp out Uganda's own rebel movements....
Vol 38 No 2 | UGANDA Tough Tinyefuza 17th January 1997 A popular general is saying things the government would prefer to keep quiet The army is struggling with rebels in the north and west and faces escalating hostilities on the Sudan border yet within its own ranks, a war of words...
Vol 37 No 25 | UGANDA Border brothers 13th December 1996 As Zaïre's conflict spreads, Kampala is now fighting or backing rebels on three borders The chaos in Zaïre was bound to spill across Uganda's dangerous western border and reignite some old rebellions. The latest flash-point is in Uganda's south-western corner, where it...
Vol 37 No 20 | UGANDA Four-wheel drive 4th October 1996 A border war and a budget deficit are the burdens on Uganda's 'no-party' democracy The honeymoon is over. The bills are now coming in for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni' s election campaign and the promises made in the heat of it. And...
Vol 37 No 17 | UGANDA The foreign fronts 23rd August 1996 Yoweri Museveni is lauded for his success at home; his foreign policy is not so popular Kampala is caught in two regional conflicts. To the west, President Yoweri Museveni is a key supporter of the Front Patriotique Rwandais government in Kigali and shares its...
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, especially, fighting off...
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...
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...
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...