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