South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (right) and Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni attend the opening of the National Dialogue committee in Juba, South Sudan May 22, 2017. Another interventionist, Sen John McCain, is now pressing the Pentagon for more details about a mission that costs American lives and about which even he knew nothing. Africans, of course, pay the biggest price for such policies, in both human lives and human rights. Just two weeks ago, the security forces of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, one of America’s closest allies in Africa, fired into an opposition rally, nearly killing opposition leader Kizza Besigye. This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners, or of the Bangkok Post.

Source: Bangkok Post October 30, 2017 10:07 UTC