Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum: A Tribute And Remembrance
The late Janani Luwum. Photo: Anglicannews.org [The View From Uganda] Today is Archbishop Janani Luwum Day. The theme is “Hope…
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Richard Nixon Called Uganda’s Idi Amin Prehistoric “Ape” While Discussing Possible NATO “Evacuation” of Britons
Richard Nixon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. [From The Archives] Richard Nixon feared dictator Idi Amin—whom he referred to as an “ape”—…
The Refugees’ Votes As Ugandan Dictator Museveni’s Key to Rigging 2021 Election
The aged despot Gen. Museveni. Photo: Facebook [My Free Thoughts] Uganda currently hosts over two million refugees, and…
What Burundi can do to improve Human Rights
[Burundi\President Evariste Ndayishimiye] Amnesty International: “Amnesty International recommends that the Government of Burundi addresses the following 10 priority areas to…
The Shocking Death of Rwandan Gospel Singer and Dissident Kizito Mihigo
Rwandan gospel singer, organist, and composer Kizito Mihigo has died in police custody. On February 17, the Rwandan National…
AFRICAN UNION CONVENES WORKSHOP ON LACK OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL PROCESS
[Africa News\Women’sRights] The aim of the regional workshop was to provide a platform to discuss the low participation of women…
Paul Kagame’s Paranoia Strikes Deep
He’s the President of Rwanda and the current President of the African Union, feted by the Brookings Institute, one of…
The Crime that Turned Central Africa into a Killing Ground
April 6 was the 24th anniversary of the day that General Paul Kagame shattered a ceasefire agreement and resumed…
Kagame Cracks Down Hard in Rwanda, Victoire Ingabire in Danger
I spoke to Joseph Bukeye, an officer of Victoire Ingabire’s FDU-Inkingi Party in Brussels, Belgium. Ann Garrison: What danger…
RWANDA, BURUNDI AND THE ASSASSINATION OF THREE HUTU PRESIDENTS
Melchior Ndadaye, the first elected president, and the first Hutu president, of Burundi, was assassinated by Burundi’s Tutsi army on…