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How Will the Taliban Govern? A History of Rebel Rule Offers Clues.
Insurgents who seize power tend to be authoritarian but pragmatic, desperate for legitimacy and ruthless toward classes they see as hostile.
Uganda Detains Weight Lifter Who Went Missing in Japan
Ugandan authorities said they were looking into possible fraud in the case of the 20-year-old who went to Japan hoping to compete in the Olympics even though he failed to qualify, and has since returned.
PEPFAR Is Still Without a Leader. H.I.V. Activists Want to Know Why.
“Can we not think and act on two pandemics at a time?” asked one epidemiologist.
Ugandan Weight Lifter Missing in Japan Amid Olympic Lockdown
Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, an Olympic hopeful, failed to show up Friday for a required coronavirus test. Games organizers have ordered all participants to remain in a “bubble” to prevent the spread of the virus.
Coronavirus Surges in Kisumu, Kenya
The pandemic is worsening in Africa as more contagious variants spread, vaccinations lag and hospitals in some places are pushed beyond their limits.
Ugandan Climate Activist Vanessa Nakate Is Back in the Picture
When Vanessa Nakate, 24, was cropped out of a wire photo featuring her and four white activists, it drew attention that she now uses to expand her work in Uganda and beyond.
‘Everything Is Worth Freedom’: Uganda’s Opposition Leader Faces the Future
Bobi Wine, the pop star who became a presidential candidate, considers rebuilding his anti-government movement after a violent election season that left many aides and supporters imprisoned.
‘Tell Us if He’s Dead’: Abductions and Torture Rattle Uganda
Hundreds have been detained, many brutalized, after a bloody, contested election. The government of Yoweri Museveni appears intent on breaking the back of the opposition.
Former Uganda Militia Leader Is Convicted of War Crimes
Dominic Ongwen was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army militia as a child, and later rose to be one of its commanders. He was once a victim of some of the same crimes he was accused of later in life.