——EDITORIAL & OPINION ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     Impending disasters 
     
     in Africa 
     
    
   
   
    
     By Sam Okello 
     
    

    
     Most countries in Africa are 
     
     experiencing the worst crisis in 
     
     their history. Since attaining their 
     
     independence, at least more than 
     
     half of the countries on the con- 
     
     tinent of Africa have suffered one 
     
     military coup after the other and 
     
     are governed by dictatorial or 
     
     totalitarian regimes. 
     
    

    
     Human rights are ignored, 
     
     union freedoms are restricted and 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ violated and the-right to informa- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tion limited and censured — no 
     
     where else in the world are the 
     
     abuses as extensive. 
     
    

    
     In the majority of developing 
     
     countries in Africa, social needs 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     a few examples of such countries: 
     
     Mauritania had three coup at- 
     
     temps, and one of them was 
     
     successful, in a three-year period; 
     
     Chad has had continuous civil 
     
     wars which have lasted for more 
     
     than 20 years; Sudan had an over- 
     
     throw of the dictator Neimeri, 
     
    
   
   
    
     are extensive, the economic situ- 
     
     tion is disastrous and governments 
     
     are overwhelmed by the enormity 
     
     of the task. Often, some regimes 
     
     are more concerned with national 
     
     defense than real socioeconomic 
     
     problems. As a result, people are 
     
     left entirely to their own devices; 
     
     victims of their power-hungry 
     
     rulers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Such is the case in several 
     
     African countries, and, unfortu- 
     
     nately, many of them are among 
     
     the most economically unstable 
     
     countries in the world. Here are 
     
    
   
   
    
     Yes, he will. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Danny’s a brilliant student. 
     
     There’s no end to what he wants 
     
     to learn. Yet Danny's no hermit. 
     
     He really enjoys a good time. 
     
    

    
     One of the things Danny’s 
     
     learned at university is how to 
     
     keep those good times good. 
     
     When he drinks, whether it’s 
     
     beer, wine or spirits, he knows 
     
     his limit and he respects it. 
     
    

    
     Another year or so, and 
     
     Danny will be working ina 
     
     field that’s fascinated him all 
     
     his life. He wouldn't risk spoil- 
     
     ing the opportunity for 
     
     anything. 
     
    

    
     Yes, Danny is going to 
     
     make it. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     8y BRIAN LINKLETTER 
     
    
   
   
    
     early in 1985; Uganda, after the 
     
    
   
   
    
     overthrow of dictator Idi Amin in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     1979, has experienced continuous 
     
     civil war up to the present day; 
     
     and the list goes on. 
     
    

    
     The real victims of these internal 
     
     struggles are the people as a whole 
     
     and organized group, such as 
     
    
   
   
    
     Daniel Rodier. 
     
     Scholarship student. Dedicaied 
     
     to becoming a marine biologist. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Will he make it? 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
            
     
            
     
    
   
   
    
     unions, which have been ex- 
     
     periencing a constant decrease in, 
     
     and violation of, human rights 
     
     and union freedoms. 
     
    

    
     (Sam Okello is a wuse-sponsored 
     
     landed immigrant from Tororo, 
     
     Uganda currently studying here at 
     
     U.P.E.L). 
     
    
   
   
    
     9, 
     
     No, he won't. 
     
    

    
     Danny’s a brilliant student. 
     
     There’s no end to what he wants 
     
     to learn. Yet Danny's no hermit. 
     
     He really enjoys a good time. 
     
    

    
     That's the problem. It’s 
     
     not that he sets out to drink too 
     
     much, but once Danny starts 
     
     he often forgets he has a limit, 
     
     and then it’s too late. 
     
    

    
     Danny would be wise to 
     
     see a doctor, except he says it’s 
     
     just a phase he’s going through. 
     
     His work hasn‘t suffered yet. 
     
     But if Danny doesn’t change, 
     
     it soon will. 
     
    

    
     And, no, Danny won't 
     
     make it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Seagram's 
     
    
   
   
    
     Distillers since 1857 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     BEFORE YOU ARREST 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE POLICE _HAVE FINALLY 
     
     CAUGHT UP WITH JACK! 
     
     DON'T MOVE, COP KILLER! 
     
     YOU'VE ADDED TEN NEW 
     
     CRIMES TO YOUR RECORD 
     
    
   
   
    
     I KNOW YOU'VE 
     
     GONE CROOKED! 
     
     STERN PAID YOU 
     
     TO FRAME ME! 
     
    
   
   
    
     ME, DETECTIVE , 
     
     WE HAVE TO TALK! 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     tg 10, 1986