UKRAINE….

Ukrainian authorities and the management of the Malyshev tank plant say no one authorized the export of tanks to Uganda. Yet there they are, sixty-two of them, offloaded from a Bulgarian freighter in Dar es Salaam for transport through Tanzania to the Ugandan army, which is fighting wars in the Congo and Sudan. But it’s a long way from Dar to Kampala. The tanks have not arrived, and ten are reported stuck on the road between Mityana and Masaka, in need of repair.

Fighting crime in the near abroad….