Lost in Translation

Photographed in the dark, dingy and derelict Uganda Museum.

 

Assessing Operation Lightning Thunder?

This map from UNOCHA says everything and nothing at all about the Uganda-led Operation Lightning Thunder against the Lord’s Resistance Army.  Click on the map for a full, clearer version. 

Gimme One Reason

Forget about world trade, the free movement of goods, global economies, competitiveness and so on.  Can you think about one good reason why Ugandan supermarkets are stocking alcoholic drinks from Belarus?

 

   

 

*p.s. The main Belarussian exports are flax, tractors, motorcycles, medicinal herbs, textiles, oil and potatoes.