Yoweri Museveni has been the President of Uganda since January 29, 1986. Museveni was involved in the war which toppled Idi Amin's rule, and the rebellion which subsequently led to the demise of Milton Obote's regime. With the notable exception of the northern parts of the country, Museveni has brought relative stability and economic growth to a country which has endured decades of government mismanagement, rebel activity and civil war. His tenure has also witnessed one of the most effective national responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa. In the mid to late 1990s, Museveni was fêted by the West as part of a new generation of African leaders. His presidency has been marred, however, by involvement in civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other Great Lakes region conflicts. Rebellion in the north continues to perpetuate one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. Moves to scrap constitutional limits on presidential terms have attracted recent concern from domestic commentators and the international community.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1972: Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt aboard Apollo 17 returned to Earth. No human has visited the Moon since. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17)

1974: An early personal computer, the Altair 8800, went on sale. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800)

1984: The Peoples Republic of China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to transfer sovereignty of Hong Kong to the PRC in 1997. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration)

1998: The U.S. House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton over the Lewinsky scandal. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewinsky_scandal)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

"The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them." -- Emily Brontë (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%83%C2%AB)