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African Regime Gone Bad, Zaire Invasion

7th June 2023 Going Postal 0

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…]

20th Century

African Regime Gone Bad, Part Eight

31st May 2023 Going Postal 0

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 0

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…]

20th Century

African Regime – The Baseline And The Exodus

17th May 2023 Going Postal 0

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 0

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 0

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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African Regime – Ugandan Wheels Come Loose

26th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Obote depended on Idi Amin to enforce his policies, but knew he couldn’t trust his protégé. The suspicion was mutual. Hearing he was about to be arrested for the murder of an Obote ally, Amin [more…]

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African Regime Gone Bad, The Players

19th April 2023 Going Postal 0

The Banyarwanda, the Kinyarwanda-speaking community, constituted one of Central Africa’s biggest ethnic groups, its footprint stretching from eastern Zaire to western Tanzania and up to western Uganda. At its core sat the tiny, mountainous former [more…]

19th Century

African Regime Gone Bad, Part One

12th April 2023 Going Postal 0

The first of 12 articles, building a clearer picture of what happened and what was not reported. It has heavy relevance in this part of the world and is being watched like a hawk. Needless [more…]

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