Why news of coups abroad makes Uganda uncomfortable

What you need to know:

• Since the 1971 military coup that brought Idi Amin to power, the mentality of resorting to guerrilla warfare to topple a sitting government or resolve political questions has never left Uganda.

The Gabonese coup was particularly surprising because Gabon is one of those dull, uneventful African countries that rarely makes it to the w…