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Author: Ivan M. Ashaba & Gerald Bareebe

Ivan M. Ashaba & Gerald Bareebe

Ivan Ashaba is a teaching assistant and PhD candidate at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Gerald Bareebe is a Sessional Lecturer and PhD candidate in comparative politics and international relations at the University of Toronto, Canada.

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    PoliticsRwandaTop storyUganda
    By Ivan M. Ashaba & Gerald Bareebe
    September 10, 2018
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    Uganda: A police chief on trial and deepening suspicions with Rwanda

    For over a decade, Kale Kayihura was seen as President Museveni’s fiercest protector. Now he’s accused of being President Kagame’s man. For 13 years, Kale Kayihura ...
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    By Ivan M. Ashaba & Gerald Bareebe
    December 4, 2017
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    Frenemies for life: Has the love gone between Uganda and Rwanda?

    Uganda’s arrests of alleged Rwandan agents has sparked rumours and theories that all is not well between the two neighbours.  On 27 October, a dramatic sweep ...
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