Category Archives: Egypt

Why the U.S. needs to change its approach to the Arab world

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

On the eve of his first trip to the United States as Egypt’s new Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi said the United States needed to fundamentally change its approach to the Arab world, showing greater respect for its values and helping build a Palestinian state, if it hoped to overcome decades of pent-up anger. A former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mr. Morsi sought in a 90-minute interview with The New York Times to introduce himself to the American public and to revise the terms of relations between his country and the United States after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, an autocratic but reliable ally.  … Continue reading →

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Bad feelings between Egypt and the USA

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

  By Robert Asketill A year has passed since the British Foreign Secretary applauded his ‘Arab Spring’ and we have seen the ugly sustained demonstrations that forced the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the great friend of Washington and its Pentagon, out of office.  Now, today, we see Egypt unsettled with many Egyptians along with Americans uncertain about that country’s future, with U.S.-Egypt relationship on the rocks partly because of American unease about political developments there concerning the Muslim Brotherhood’s easy winning of the recent elections. On the Egyptian side, in mid- summer 2011 only 5 per cent held a favourable view of the U.S., pointing to American bias towards Israel … Continue reading →

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Buganda History – Part 42: How Sudanese soldiers were used to conquer Buganda

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

By Robert Asketill In our last posting, we left Kabaka Mwanga on Bulingugwe Island attempting, in our opinion, the impossible task of creating a new army to bring back the kingdom to sanity. He had no doubt to consult the Katikkiro and the following chiefs, Kibaale, Kimbugwe and Kaggo, and ask them who, in their opinion, was the man to be selected as the leader of the army; all this from an isolated island and with the Christians scattered over the kingdom and beyond: a tremendous task before the radios, mobile phones and satellite intelligence of today. At the same time he had to consider the other less friendly kingdoms: … Continue reading →

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