Yoweri Museveni

infrastructure for the technology the Internet is not widely used in the country. Only 40,000 people have access to the web ("Press Reference," 2017). Uganda has been a relatively stable country since its civil war ended in 1979. Before the countries, current leader was in power Uganda was under the brutal reign of Military Dictators, and insurgent groups such as the Lord’s Resistance Army or the LRA. Uganda was shortly at war with its neighbor Tanzania in 1978-1979, but the Tanzanian army pushed them out of their country relatively quickly. The defeat of the Ugandan Army forced their leader Idi Amin to flee the nation and relinquish his command. Shortly after the War with Tanzania, the current President Yoweri Museveni appropriated the power of the country. Recently, in 2008 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s crack down on the LRA has pushed most of the group out of the Country, further improving the countries state of stability and legitimacy ("BBC," 2016). Uganda’s climate is usually pleasant throughout the year with average temperatures of 84 degrees, and it was sunny almost all year around. Uganda also has two rainy seasons and two dry seasons during a year ("World Weather and Climate Information," 2016). According to John Upton, of Scientific America “climate change being linked to conditions that can fuel war and brutality.” Uganda is susceptible to climate change, and the secondary and third order effects of climate change can lead to people lashing out and…

standing up to the elite unlike many of the presidents before him who focused on impressing elites by using decorative language; this was true especially for Jefferson. In another one of his messages he states, “In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another. Offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense” (Doc 6). Yet in another attempt to prove his loyalty…

When analyzing a historical or fictional figure, it is important to develop a scale or benchmark by which individuals can be judged. When the scale by which a character is being evaluated is based on morality, it becomes increasingly difficult to develop because morality is not universally accepted or an eternal concept. Since morality is continually evolving, it is important to evaluate the character based on the most universally accepted concept of morality of their time. In this essay, Idi…

Unfortunately they achieve that and they sought vengeance against the ethnic groups. They killed, looted villages and burned them as well. These acts of violence led to the formations of many rebel groups from the previous Uganda amy. Many of the groups made peace treaties with Yoweri Museveni. “the southern-dominated army did not stop attacking civilians in the north of the country. Therefore, by late 1987 to early 1988 a civilian resistance movement led by Alice Lakwena was formed.”…

In the article Hope for Uganda’s child soldiers? It says “The LRA's long, bloody campaign is the legacy of the assumption of power two decades ago by President Yoweri Museveni, a southerner who helped end the string of bloody reigns by northerners such as Milton Obote and Idi Amin.” and then later in the same article it states “Uganda has hinted it will offer amnesty to Kony and other rebel leaders as a bargaining chip — just as it has allowed surrendering fighters to return home freely in the…

The bill was signed by President Museveni and backed by the Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo. Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) tried to fight it, especially David Kato, a main gay rights activist in Uganda. A tabloid paper, called Rolling Stone, printed an article that gave the address and pictures of 100 suspected gay people. They gave it the catchy title “100 Pictures of Uganda’s Top Homos Leak” and called for these people to be hung, including David Kato. He filed a lawsuit…

A Collective Alienation Rumors have a profound effect on human interaction, and can cause stressful isolation of certain groups. The powerful effects of rumors in post-trauma societies is revealed in the articles, Narratives of Uncertainty: The Affective Force of Child-Trafficking Rumors in Postdisaster Aceh, Indonesia by Annemarie Samuels and Gendered War and Rumors of Saddam Hussein in Uganda by Sverker Finnström. Although mere stories or potentially false statements, rumors reveal the…

In both documentaries, General Idi Amin Dada and The Act of Killing, the authors spent a considerable amount of time with the perpetrators of mass murder. In The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer gets access to the executioners, gangsters and paramilitary leaders who carried out millions of mass killings. In General Idi Amin, Barbet Schroeder spent time with one of the greatest mass murderers and the third Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada. Schroeder was able to document his firsthand account of…

The guiding purpose was centered on individuals “living positively with HIV/AIDS” and “”dying with dignity” (Ellner, et al, P. 8). TASO did succeed in providing a welcoming supportive community for those living with HIV/AIDS. The advocacy and networking that TASO provided helped Pople Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) organization gain acceptance within their families and the wider communtiy. TASO offered a way for those affected to advocate for themselves and work to expand the treatment options…

The Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, is a violent rebel group led by Joseph Kony. The fight between the Ugandan government and the LRA is one of the longest running conflicts in Africa resulting back to 1986. To many experts, the LRA is one of the most brutal forces in the world. The LRA is notorious for committing human rights violations including murder, mutilation, rape, widespread abductions of children and adults, sexual slavery, and looting of villages. Throughout the years of existence,…