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African Regime Gone Bad, Part Eleven

21st June 2023 Going Postal 3037 Comments

Having humiliated the Ugandan Army (UPDF), the RPF and the RCD in December crushed the remnants of the Congolese army and its Zimbabwean allies in Pweto, southeastern Congo. On 16th January 2001, Kabila was sitting [more…]

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Africa Regime Gone Bad, Pilato Climbs the Ladder

14th June 2023 Going Postal 2762 Comments

In March 1997, in his usual dubious and manipulative way, Kagame “assumed” the chairmanship of the RPF (the ruling party) from Colonel Alexis Kanyarengwe. After protesting army massacres of Hutus in his home province of [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – S Sulphur

13th June 2023 SharpieType301 2776 Comments

In this series, we’ve taken a wander through the marvels of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements) and become familiar with some fundamental chemistry principles. We have explored: Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, [more…]

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African Regime Gone Bad, Zaire Invasion

7th June 2023 Going Postal 2476 Comments

If “keep us safe” was the RPF’s public driving mantra, it was easier said than done. Having taken a generation for Uganda refugee camps to produce a rebel force capable of threatening Rwanda’s national security, [more…]

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African Regime Gone Bad, Part Eight

31st May 2023 Going Postal 2397 Comments

While continued attempts to persuade Hutu officials to return, the RPF pressed for its own list of candidates for the posts of bourgmestres to be appointed. At grassroots level, the power-sharing principles of the Arusha [more…]

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African Regime Gone Bad, Genocide And Aftermath

24th May 2023 Going Postal 2457 Comments

In Africa, generally speaking, museums usually are thin on the ground. Underfunded, poorly maintained (if at all), they often present a version of history barely refreshed since colonial times. Rwanda is an exception. Currently it [more…]

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African Regime – The Baseline And The Exodus

17th May 2023 Going Postal 2311 Comments

From RANU to RPF The Tutsi diaspora were working to keep community identity alive. In Kampala, a refugee welfare foundation had initially been established but fell foul of Amin. It morphed into the more militant [more…]

20th Century

African Regime Gone Bad – On To Kampala

10th May 2023 Going Postal 2621 Comments

In the 1980s Ali Porteous and Tim Cooper were filmmakers taking extraordinary risks. Having filmed the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, they heard about a suspected genocide in Central Uganda and hooked up with an [more…]

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African Regime – The Bush War

3rd May 2023 Going Postal 2337 Comments

Luwero Triangle, a 2,800 square mile cheese slice of land NNW of Kampala. Within it are 33 memorials scattered across the Luwero Triangle. Some 4,000 lie buried in Kikyusa. They and all other memorial sites [more…]

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