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The US recently pulled aid from Uganda in response to their president, Yawari Mousavani,

making homosexuality a crime that in some cases is now punishable by life in prison.

But outside of thinking this is terrible, I didn't actually know much else about Uganda

until now.

First off, it's here, landlocked in the middle of Africa.

It was under British rule from 1894 to 1962, which is a really long time to be under

someone else's control.

So needless to say, Uganda's transition to self-governance has not been that smooth.

The 24 years after British rule saw numerous military coups in various regimes, the worst

being Edie Amin's nine years serving as dictator in the 70s, where he killed at least 300,000

Ugandans and decimated their economy.

Yes, he's the evil dictator played by forest wittaker in the last king of Scotland.

After Edie Amin, there were a few more coups before the current president Yawari Mousavani

took power in 1986.

Early on, Mousavani was seen as a positive step forward for Uganda and was even named a

member of the new generation of African leaders by the West.

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