Andrew Malone obituary Other lives: Founder and chief executive of Nottingham Community Housing Association The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023
For Passover, I sent matzo to the Jews of Uganda. They've given me a gift as well An American rabbi reflects on his online friendship with Jacob, a member of Uganda's Abayudaya Jewish community — and what he has learned from their conversations. WEKU · Apr 2, 2023
King’s ‘unsurpassed’ affection for British Asians hailed at celebration The event at Buckingham Palace honoured Ugandan Asians who fled to the UK 50 years ago. The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022
Uganda’s fuel smugglers: are the Opec Boys (anti-)heroes of the marginalised? Smuggling in the Ugandan border region of West Nile has a long and chequered history. It straddles the fine line between legitimacy and legality. Governance and conflict researcher Kristof Titeca has studied smuggling in the border region since 2003. He explains the dynamics. The Conversation · Oct 8, 2022
The family-run restaurant that couldn't afford tables but now has so many awards they've lost count Vegetarian Food Studio came from humble beginnings with the head chef learning his craft as a boy at the elbow of his grandmother. It's grown to become a firm favourite on the Cardiff foodie scene Wales Online · Sep 4, 2022
Idi Amin's 'economic war' victimised Uganda's Africans and Asians alike Fifty years ago – in early August 1972 – President Idi Amin summarily decreed the expulsion of Uganda’s “Asian” (that is, Indian and Pakistani) community. Over 50,000 people were given a scant three months to tie up their affairs and leave the country. There was a scramble to secure new… The Conversation · Aug 21, 2022
Finding Home review – Idi Amin’s expulsions remembered Fifty years on, these specially commissioned pieces movingly and unflinchingly reflect the experiences of Ugandan refugees in Britain The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022
How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin 50 years on, Ugandan Asians who fled the brutality of dictator Idi Amin remember how they arrived with £55, a suitcase and the hope of a new life in the United Kingdom Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022
Remembering an expulsion, remaking opportunity Though the expulsion of Ugandan Asians in the 1970s was a dark event, the ‘Commonwealth Advantage’ must be revived The Hindu · Aug 4, 2022
Vanished Wales: The WW2 Army camp that was brought back into service in the 1970s as a refugee camp Small acts of kindness from local Welsh people made a difference to the Asian population fleeing Uganda Wales Online · May 22, 2022
Ugandan Asians like me were resettled within weeks in the 70s. What happened to the UK? It’s despicable that Priti Patel is sending desperate refugees to Rwanda, says Fiyaz Mughal, who works in the charity sector The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2022
Assassination as a Tool of Foreign Policy In light of some recent discussions, I thought I'd repost some tentative thoughts on the subject (based on a 2005 post of mine), and see what the rest of you think. 1. Morality: Government-sponsored assassination is essentially an act of war; it's an attempt to affect another nation's government policy… Reason · Mar 28, 2022