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...year ago, Tanzanian troops and Ugandan rebels marched into Kampala, ousting Idi Amin Dada's despotic regime. Today Uganda remains mired in chaos, burdened with a shattered economy and facing famine. Last week Tanzania prepared to withdraw half of the 20,000-man army that has been the only reliable security force in the country since Amin's downfall, paving the way for yet more political turmoil. TIME Nairobi Bureau Chief Jack White reports on the crumbling nation that Big Daddy left behind...
Apart from safety, the biggest problem facing Ugandans is finding enough to eat. The food shortage is most acute in the rural northeast, where U.N. officials estimate that 136,000 people are on the verge of starvation. Savage Karamojong tribesmen, armed with Kalashnikov automatic rifles looted from one of Amin's arsenals, raid villages and harass the missionary outposts where relief food and medicine are distributed. Famine may eventually hit Kampala, where many workers earn 500 shillings ($68) or less a month, barely enough to purchase three bunches of green bananas, the staple of the diet. Complains a Kampala...
Indeed they would not, especially since they had hand-picked Karmal to rule Afghanistan after the overthrow and execution of Hafizullah Amin last December. Karmal did seem to be losing control of events. Early last week, diplomats living near the People's Palace in Kabul heard bursts of machine-gun fire coming from inside the building. This led to speculation that a quarrel had erupted among rival members of the Politburo and had ended in a gunfight. Lending credence to that theory was an official Afghan news agency report a couple of days later that said that Deputy Premier...
...executive commission statement charged the invasion created "new dangers for world peace." Even the British Communists, who normally back Moscow's foreign policy down the line, openly questioned the Soviet rationale for invading Afghanistan. The assertion that Afghanistan's late President Hafizullah Amin had been an American agent, proclaimed the Morning Star, was simply "not credible...
...Muslim majority, Karmal also tried to give his government an Islamic coloration. Official broadcasts over the government-controlled radio were preceded by the traditional invocation to "God, the compassionate, the merciful." The ruling party called for religious ceremonies to mark a national day of mourning for victims of the Amin regime...