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----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ssemakula <james_ssemak...@yahoo.com> To: unaanet <unaa...@yahoogroups.com>; "uc...@yahoogroups.com" <uc...@yahoogroups.com>; Baana <baanababugandasouthafr...@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: Fw: Dark Rumblings - The Case of Uganda see below. Also see www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MN6jbxG3EQ James Ssemakula ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: To: buganda...@listserv.tamu.edu Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 5:02 PM Subject: Dark Rumblings - The Case of Uganda Dark Rumblings Could sub-Saharan Africa have its own Arab Spring? BY TY MCCORMICK | JULY 28, 2011 Uganda Uganda's "walk to work" movement started in April when a few politicians -- opposition leader Kizza Besigye among them -- simply started commuting on foot to protest rising fuel and food prices, but it quickly drew thousands of unhappy Ugandans into the streets. Spurred by dire economic conditions and hardened by the regime's thuggish response, protesters clashed with security forces loyal to President Yoweri Museveni for much of April and May. They burned tires and threw rocks at police officers, who responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and in some cases live ammunition,leaving at least 10 dead and hundreds injured. But by June it appeared that Museveni's heavy-handed response had achieved its desired effect. Besigye had been arrested and charged with incitement of violence for his role in the walk-to-work protests (the charges have since been dropped), and the movement sputtered. Today, some analysts fear that the unrest has left Ugandan's worse off than before: Museveni, who has been in office for a quarter-century, has vowed to devour protesters "like samosas" and is tightening the screws on the East African country's already stifled political opposition. But with economic conditions continuing to deteriorate -- and with Museveni stubbornly continuing to applaud his stewardship of the Ugandan economy -- who knows what the long hot African summer may hold. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images PREVIOUS 1234567NEXT http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/28/dark_rumblings?page=0,4
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