Uganda’s Idi Amin and the East African act UNGA New York will never forget
At the UN General Assembly, Uganda's Idi Amin became the first African leader of the era to receive a standing ovation, mostly from a bloc of Arab, Soviet, and non-aligned countries in attendance.
At the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, one East African Community leader was definitely not going to attend: Uganda President Yoweri Museveni.
Museveni hardly flies outside Africa these days and sent his Vice-President, Jessica Alupo, to attend in his place. Museveni, the last leader in the world who still wears a face mask, also doesn’t react well to crowded indoor settings. Most of his meetings in Uganda take place in open-air tents. Now 82, Museveni recently said he hopes to live to 100 and that he will spend the next 18 years working to unite Africa. If he carries on like this, he might well make it.
