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...that of northern Uganda, where there is little economic interest. “Yet, we’re talking about people instead of economics. From a social justice perspective, it’s shocking and unacceptable,” she said. Atim said she hopes to increase awareness of Uganda??s plight. “There is no value attached to helping to fix the Ugandan crisis,” she said. “I believe that Harvard students have the capacities and backgrounds to bring about group strength that can really help the current situation...
...Garrigan finds himself as the personal doctor to dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) and is forced to find a new understanding of “making a difference.” When Garrigan meets Amin, Amin is the glowing leader of the latest coup and the new hope for Uganda??s masses. Whitaker delivers a stunning performance as Amin, winning Garrigan over with his charm and luxurious taste. Only a hint of capriciousness foreshadows his insane dictatorship. Whitaker’s charistmatic portrayal never wavers, but his character fades from charming to terrifying. McAvoy holds his own against...
...self-proclaimed prophet Joseph Kony, routinely abducts children into its ranks, often forcing them to kill their families and subjecting them to physical, mental, and sexual abuse, according to international human rights organizations and local activists. Every night, thousands of children stream into northern Uganda??s major cities—like Gulu—to spend the night and avoid the LRA. At the peak of the exodus, some 40,000 children walked into Gulu every night, according to Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization. Five of the LRA commanders were indicted by the International Criminal Court...
...addition to challenging Abacha, whom Soyinka calls a “murderer with other nasty habits,” he fought to overthrow Idi Amin, Uganda??s cruel military dictator, and this past May he participated in a rally demanding the resignation of Nigeria’s president, Olusegun Obasanjo, whose re-election is said to have been tainted by vote fraud...
...Uganda??s murderous Idi Amin found the idea of an African economy run by non-blacks so offensive that he simply had everyone of Asian descent deported during his reign in the ’70s—a move that was permissible under the international community’s watch (not that Idi Amin cared) in the still-gleeful days of independence. Tanzania, as a result, got even more Indian emigres, making them seem all the more ubiquitous in a place where homegrown industry is scarce and commerce, through the market or small café, is highly...