nairobi hours zimbabwe robert mugabe force 37 years power uganda president another former guerrilla office three decades tweet pay rise civil servants bright prospect army tank crew supporters long-serving african leaders dismiss parallel zimbabwe mugabe former deputy sack power struggle mugabe wife take power military public back nl8n1ns0ir ugandan president yoweri museveni tweet come amid rise anger 73-year-old attempt prolong rule suggest look south wonder fate economic situation uganda improve government able look raise salaries soldier public servants health workers teachers also deal institutional house museveni tweet wednesday unclear improvement mean uganda falter economy grow slowly absorb boom population 37 million number citizens spend less dollar day surge 27 percent statistics office report september 20 percent five years ago museveni office immediately available comment tweet john baptist nambeshe rule party lawmaker oppose president attempt age limit post lift say coincidence time coincidental underscore might probably military still solidly behind unlike zimbabwe nambeshe tell reuters museveni may alone several african leaders face popular opposition recent years togo thousands protest autumn gabon riot break last year president ali bongo re-elected dispute vote mugabe fall raise hop among opposition politicians long-serving leaders fall also stoke fear replace may good president since 1986 museveni among africa longest-serving leaders include equatorial guinea teodoro obiang president 38 years cameroon paul biya president 35 years congo denis sassou nguesso president two stint total 33 years gnassingb family rule togo bongo family rule gabon half century kabila family run democratic republic congo 20 years countries allow two presidential term several roll back legislation cameroon biya scrap term limit crack opposition congo nguesso jail opposition leader year protest removal term limit franck essi secretary-general opposition cameroon people party say opposition movements closely watch events zimbabwe leaders must put place mechanisms democratic peaceful transition allow new leadership sooner late people suffocate wake say place already see change burkina faso blaise compaore oust protest 2014 try change constitution extend decades-long rule january gambia erratic ruler yahya jammeh flee regional pressure end 22-year reign angolan president jose eduardo do santos step year four decades power handpicked successor push key do santos ally many nations zimbabwe-style switch loyalties arm force rift inner circle represent one ways rulers might force power despite zimbabwe well-established opposition change come mugabe inner circle fell succession plan military put house arrest brigitte adjamagbo-johnson top togolese opposition official say hop zimbabwean-type change power military come side want togolese army fight alongside us move see zimbabwe army civilian population streets dance want togo say change zimbabwe year togo slump commodities price deprive nations resources traditionally use muffle protest case corruption also empty state coffers central africa congo kabila repeatedly postpone elections refuse step end term last year spark deadly protest jean-pierre kambila kabila deputy chief staff tweet zimbabwe protest colonial fantasy fabricate demonstration dream accept liberation africa mugabes bear nothing worry write uganda key western ally set begin export substantial oil reserve remove term limit 2005 extend museveni rule east african nation see far less violence museveni two dictators precede tensions rise social service crumble parliamentarians attempt remove constitutional age cap would bar museveni stand next election police use deadly force protesters repeatedly arrest main opposition leader security force drag parliamentarians oppose bill legislature wednesday police raid popular newspaper detain eight staff nl8n1ns3m0 nl8n1mv20f okello oryem uganda state minister foreign affairs dismiss parallel zimbabwe say mugabe overthrow result western interference intelligence service west work day night bring zimbabwe tell reuters citizen pressure zimbabwe work army allow another ugandan opposition leader asuman basalirwa warn national leaders refuse step risk plunge countries conflict military intervention end dictatorships ultimately lead repression say something many fear might store zimbabwe time continent democratize say yet experience happen egypt tunisia libya zimbabwe wait turn surely come mugabe african leaders ponder fate