Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. helped midwife a terrorist

By Ahmed Rashid

A history of U.S. involvement in Central Asia, leading to the rise of Muslim radicals in 43 countries.

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"… t US overseas facilities in Saudi Arabia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uganda, Uruguay and the Ivory Coast — emphasizing the reach of the Afghan veter …"

Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — Victor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker whose clandestine sales of weapons of war to some of the bloodiest r

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"… ongo-Brazzaville, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland and Uganda, according to reports by the United Nations, the U.S. State Department and …"

Making a killing

By Phillip van Niekerk

Overview story for Making a killing: The business of war

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"… s between President Laurent Kabila and his erstwhile mentors in Rwanda and Uganda. Yet the original cause of the conflict was obscured and forgotten as occu …"

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The adventure capitalist

By Mungo Soggot and Phillip van Niekerk

Niko Shefer's takeover of Africa

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"… r consequence to the people of the Congo, he brushed aside the Rwandan and Ugandan armies that had put him in power and unleashed a fresh wave of ethnic blo …"

"… e year after Kabila came to power, war erupted again. This time Rwanda and Uganda turned against Kabila. They found themselves and their rebel allies in the …"

"… inesses, mafias, individuals etc."In the rebel-held east, the Rwandans and Ugandans had been engaged in mining and timber clearance since 1998. A metal ore …"

"… from eastern Congo, and most of the international companies withdrew. The Ugandan army is involved in gold mining. In the west, Zimbabwean military officer …"

The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

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"… da, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates and Uganda, according to reports by the United Nations, the U.S. State Department and …"

"… arms deals. Zieleniuk owns an Antonov-12 aircraft stationed at Entebbe in Uganda and has military connections in the Congo and Zambia. One U.N. report said …"

An incentive to clamp down

By Mutegi Njau

With U.S. prodding, 3 East African nations get tough on terrorist suspects — even when evidence is lacking

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"… h a Nairobi television station.The three countries — Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, whose human rights records have long been described as "poor" or ones wit …"

"… hree Israelis; 80 were injured.Despite the 1998 attacks, neither Kenya nor Uganda or Tanzania took steps to pass legislation to deal with terrorism. Until 9 …"

"… has dwindled, according to ICIJ's database of military aid and assistance.UgandaUganda has received only a modest boost in U.S. military aid, accord …"

"… , according to ICIJ's database of military aid and assistance.UgandaUganda has received only a modest boost in U.S. military aid, according to ICIJ's …"

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Bush's AIDS initiative: Too little choice, too much ideology

By Wendell Rawls Jr.

Restrictive funding, emphasis on abstinence hinder $15 billion effort

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"…  $10 million grant anyway to run abstinence-centered programs in Uganda, Zambia and South Africa. The president of CAF, Anita Smith, a longtime vi …"

"… c Integrity, including in-country reporting from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Haiti, India and Thailand, disclosed that ideology has at t …"

"… n corridors to Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe, the U.N. reports.In Uganda, whose programs President Bush touted and used to pattern PEPFAR's AB …"

"… 0,000 in 2003 to 130,000 in 2005, according to the director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission.Since the arrival of PEPFAR money, the student and teacher …"

Terrorism and tobacco

By Kate Willson

Extremists, insurgents turn to cigarette smuggling

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"… d for sale. Supermatch, meanwhile, has become the most smuggled brand into Uganda.Rujugiro’s South Africa operation was shuttered in 2006, when the South …"

Made to be smuggled

Russian contraband cigarettes ‘flooding’ EU

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"… orted such products from around the world — tobacco from Brazil, Panama, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; filters from the Baltic republics, paper from Switz …"

Kenya

By Victoria Kreha

HIV rates are declining in Kenya, but poverty remains one of the biggest barriers

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"… s on the eastern coast of Africa, bordered by Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and the Indian Ocean.Germany colonized parts of Kenya in the mid-18 …"

"… long with other PEPFAR "focus countries" Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique and Namibia, Kenya is part of a 14-country collaborati …"

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