In Uganda, where Zohran Mamdani was born, NYC mayoral hopeful is recalled with pride (World)

Why Mamdani’s Ugandan Roots Matter

Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan StateBy Mahmood MamdaniBelknap, 352 pages, $32.50Uganda has few claims to fame in the global imagination, and those few have not done any favors for its reputation. For decades, the main thing many people knew about the country was the name of its only international airport: Entebbe. They knew it less as a place than as an incident: the 1976 Israeli hostage rescue operation th…

Zohran Mamdani has one major proposal NYC business leaders can live with, his ex-McKinsey CEO whisperer says

Zohran Mamdani is projected to defeat former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa in the NYC mayoral election.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty ImagesNew York City mayoral favorite Zohran Mamdani has business leaders scared, and talking to the press.The man building a business advisory council for Mamdani said some CEOs have found agreement with him.Childcare has many execs nodding along, he said, but other issues take more time.If you r…

In Uganda, NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani is remembered with pride

Zohran Mamdani is leading the New York City mayor's race, and people in his native Uganda say they are watching with pride.

Zohran Mamdani learnt about politics in Uganda. Locals knew he would rise to power

‘We shouldn’t just be proud of Mamdani, we should be very excited’

Mamdani's Kampala roots resonate with Ugandans watching his mayoral bid

Zohran Mamdani is leading the New York City mayor's race, and people in his native Uganda say they are watching with pride

In Uganda, where Zohran Mamdani was born, NYC mayoral hopeful is recalled with pride (World)

In the Ugandan newsroom where he appeared one day as an intern, Zohran Mamdani looked shy and unassuming. His father had arranged for him to spend time at the Daily Monitor newspaper with hope that the teenager would show more interest in current affairs. 'He told me himself: He had to go every even...