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Decaying: The swimming pool area of the former five-star Ducor hotel in Monrovia, Liberia. In 2011, there were plans for a Libyan company to renovate it but civil war thwarted this attempt. Photo: Mark Fischer/Flickr

Liberia’s abandoned hotel stands as a symbol of a haunted past

When it opened its doors in 1960, the Ducor was one of a few five-star hotels in Africa, boasting a night club and air-conditioned rooms, according to travel guides

Clothing makes the man: (Above, from left) Uganda’s Milton Obote, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta and Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda look more restrained in 1967 than later African presidents. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

What your president’s style says about their politics

African leaders’ sartorial choices have been communicating their political orientations for centuries

During the coup, Obote dispatched one of his most trusted lieutenants, a young Idi Amin, to ransack Mengo Palace, the royal compound in Kampala. Among the items seized were the Kabaka’s collection of luxury vehicles, including four Rolls-Royces. (Image: Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

The return of Uganda’s royal Rolls Royce

The Kabaka of Buganda’s fleet of Rolls-Royces was seized in a coup nearly 60 years ago. Now his successor has brought the only known ‘survivor’ home

‘When I was elected to Parliament just over a year ago, I decided to continue rallying the young people of Uganda to shun corruption, reject bad governance and believe in their capacity to shape their destiny,’ writes Bobi Wine. (AFP)

Bobi Wine: ‘The writing is on the wall in Uganda’

Ugandan MP and musician Robert Kyagulani, aka Bobi Wine, writes that a united Uganda is snubbing the regime’s divide-and-rule strategy

Bridging the gap: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, the author of ‘Kintu’, not only tells stories she wishes to tell but also those of previous generations.

​Silences speak of bitter times

Four years since its release, Kintu has become a pillar in Ugandan literature

Joseph Kony

Uganda proposes new history museum to showcase grim history

Uganda’s tourism board says it will use the museum as a remembrance of Uganda’s recent history

Oxfam International executive director Winnie Byanyima at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in France in December 2015.

​I was a refugee. One touch of humanity helped me start a new life

As the United Nations met to discuss the refugee crisis, Winnie Byanyima, once a refugee, looks at what can be done.

Idi Amin: The tour of terror (ticket please)

Uganda’s tourism board wants to cash in on those who are fascinated by the dictator’s brutal reign.

Leader’s speech leaves us at a loss for words

Leader’s speech leaves us at a loss for words

The worse the dictator, the more bizarre his rant, history has shown us.

A tyrant of long standing

The Robert Mugabe regime did not, as some will argue, start off well and slowly descend into authoritarianism. It was always intolerant of opposition.

Zimbabwe lashes British cleric

Zimbabwe’s information minister on Friday hit out at calls by the Archbishop of York to step up punitive measures against President Robert Mugabe’s government. Archbishop John…