John Prendergast, former National Security Advisor to Bill Clinton is a well-known, well-connected author/activist and policy analyst, who specializes in Africa. (more…)

June 17th, 2009

Poffenberger; has he allowed Museveni apologists to take over his once reputable organization? Peter Quaranto, one of Poffenberger’s original partners  works in Senator Russ Feingold’s Office,  and Feingold works closely with Resolve, according to his staffers

[Publisher’s Commentary]

Two American organizations that claim to fight human rights abuses in Africa are functioning like public relations agencies on behalf of the Ugandan dictatorship during what’s been billed as “Lobby Days” from June 22-23 in Washington, D.C. (more…)

U.S. Provided Torture Training To Uganda–Report

BY Peter Otika |Global: Commentary

In the past few weeks Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has demanded that Ugandans be “patriotic” and even blamed people who oppose his views as “unpatriotic.”

Mr. President, I believe you don’t know what patriotism means.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines patriotism as “love for or devotion to one’s country” and the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines patriotism as “having or expressing a great love of your country.” (more…)

by Hellen Abak

The military offensive launched by Uganda, supposedly with the support of Congolese and Sudanese forces against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba Park, Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days (December 14, 2008) has potential of further complicating and adding to the devastating genocide in the Congo.

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