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FOREIGN DESK | June 15, 1997, Sunday
Uganda Leader Stands Tall in New African Order
By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. (NYT) 1265 words
Late Edition - Final , Section 1 , Page 3 , Column 1
ABSTRACT
- Pres Yoweri K Museveni of Uganda is thought by some to have started ideological movement that is reshaping much of Africa, spelling end of corrupt, strong-man governments that characterized cold-war era; Museveni has resurrected his own impoverished nation from two decades of brutal dictatorship and near economic collapse, and is widely seen as covert patron of rebel movements like one that just toppled Mobutu Sese Seko, longtime dictator of Zaire; Museveni sees true struggle in Africa as one between corrupt leaders and dirt-poor people they exploit; he feels most African nations are not ready for multiparty democracy on Western model; says they first need thriving economy and middle class that can form parties around issues other than ethnicity; most revolutionary influence Museveni has exerted has been his willingness to interfere in affairs of his neighbors; photo; map (M)
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