Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as the second prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.
Eriya Kategaya was a Ugandan lawyer and politician. At the time of his death he was Uganda's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs. He was also an ex officio Member of the Ugandan Parliament,on account of being a cabinet minister.
Yusuf Kironde Lule was a Ugandan professor and politician who served as the fourth president of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979.
The Front for National Salvation (FRONASA) was a Ugandan rebel group led by Yoweri Museveni. The group factually emerged in 1971,although it was formally founded in 1973. FRONASA,along with other militant groups such as Kikosi Maalum,formed the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its military wing the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) in 1979 to fight alongside Tanzanian forces against Idi Amin.
The Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF) refers to two former armed rebel groups in Uganda's West Nile sub-region that first opposed,then became incorporated into the Ugandan armed forces.
The Uganda–Tanzania War,known in Tanzania as the Kagera War and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War,was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979 and led to the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin. The war was preceded by a deterioration of relations between Uganda and Tanzania following Amin's 1971 overthrow of President Milton Obote,who was close to the President of Tanzania,Julius Nyerere. Over the following years,Amin's regime was destabilised by violent purges,economic problems,and dissatisfaction in the Uganda Army.
The Ugandan Bush War was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing,the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA),against a number of rebel groups,most importantly the National Resistance Army (NRA),from 1980 to 1986.
The Fall of Kampala,also known as the Liberation of Kampala,was a battle during the Uganda–Tanzania War in 1979,in which the combined forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) attacked and captured the Ugandan capital,Kampala. As a result,Ugandan President Idi Amin was deposed,his forces were scattered,and a UNLF government was installed.
Kikosi Maalum,also known as the Special Battalion or the grand coalition,was a militia of Ugandan exiles formed in Tanzania to fight against the regime of Idi Amin. The unit was founded by and loyal to former Ugandan President Milton Obote,and served as his de facto private army. It was commanded by former army officers David Oyite-Ojok,and Tito Okello. Kikosi Maalum took part in the Uganda–Tanzania War,fighting alongside the Tanzanian military against Amin's forces. In course of this conflict,the militia was nominally unified with other Ugandan rebel groups,forming the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) in 1979. After the fall of Amin's regime and Obote's return to power,Kikosi Maalum became the core of Uganda's new national army.
The 1985 Ugandan coup d'état was an ethnically motivated military takeover in Uganda involving dissident Acholi elements within the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA),led by Brigadier Basilio Olara Okello,which successfully ousted the second Milton Obote government. The army promptly named General Tito Okello Lutwa as President of the Military Council,only for him to be ousted six months later by Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Army (NRA).
Zoka Forest is a natural tropical rain forest in the Northern Region of Uganda. The forest is a component of the larger East Moyo Wildlife Reserve.
The Battle of Lukaya was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War. It was fought on 10 and 11 March 1979 around Lukaya,Uganda,between Tanzanian forces and Ugandan government forces. After briefly occupying the town,Tanzanian troops and Ugandan rebels retreated under artillery fire. The Tanzanians subsequently launched a counterattack,retaking Lukaya and killing hundreds of Libyans and Ugandans.
Grace Stuart Katebariirwe Ibingira was a Ugandan lawyer and politician.
Ali Muhammed Kiiza is a retired Ugandan Major General,in the UPDF Air Force,who serves as a Senior Military Adviser to the President of Uganda. Prior to that,he served as the Chief Pilot to six Heads of State in the Government of Uganda,from 1973 until 2012.
Yusuf Gowon was a Ugandan military officer who served as chief of staff for the Uganda Army during the dictatorship of Idi Amin. Originally a farmer,Gowon quickly rose through the ranks of the military due to a combination of happenstance and his political skills. Compared with other high-ranking officials of Amin's regime,he was regarded as humane;nevertheless,he was probably involved in some political murders. His appointment as chief of staff was mostly owed to the fact that President Amin regarded him as loyal,not ambitious,and no threat to his own rule. Gowon's lack of talent for tactics and strategy came to the fore when the Uganda–Tanzania War broke out in 1978,and his leadership of the Uganda Army during this conflict was extensively criticised. Many of his comrades and subordinates even blamed him for Uganda's defeat in the conflict with Tanzania. When Amin's regime began collapsing in 1979 and his own soldiers intended to murder him,Gowon fled Uganda.
The Uganda Army,also known as the Uganda Rifles,served as the national armed forces of Uganda during the presidencies of Mutesa II and Milton Obote. As time went on,the military was gradually expanded and increasingly interfered in Uganda's national politics. It played a prominent role in defeating local insurgencies,suppressing opposition to Obote,and intervened in conflicts in the Congo as well as Sudan. Dissatisfied soldiers overthrew Obote in 1971,resulting in the establishment of the Second Republic of Uganda under the dictatorship of army commander Idi Amin. The Uganda Army was purged,with thousands of suspected pro-Obote troops killed or fleeing the country. The military was consequently split into an army serving under Amin –the Uganda Army (1971–1980) –and exiled rebel factions. The latter helped to overthrow Amin's regime during the Uganda–Tanzania War of 1978–79,and became the core of the Uganda National Liberation Army which would serve as Uganda's national military from 1980 to 1986.
The Save Uganda Movement was a militant Ugandan opposition group which fought against the government of President Idi Amin from 1973 to 1979. Described as "specialists in sabotage" by journalist John Darnton,SUM attempted to overthrow Amin by waging a guerrilla campaign of bombings,raids,and assassinations. The movement mainly operated from Kenya and Tanzania. Unlike much of the Ugandan opposition at the time,SUM had no firm ideology and was decentralized,consisting of different groups with similar aims,the principal one being the ouster of Idi Amin. SUM cooperated with the forces loyal to ex-President Milton Obote during the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) and eventually joined the Uganda National Liberation Front which formed the country's post-Amin governments.
The 1972 invasion of Uganda was an armed attempt by Ugandan insurgents,supported by Tanzania,to overthrow the regime of Idi Amin. Under the orders of former Ugandan President Milton Obote,insurgents launched an invasion of southern Uganda with limited Tanzanian support in September 1972. The rebel force mostly consisted of the "People's Army" whose forces were mainly loyal to Obote,but also included guerillas led by Yoweri Museveni. The operation was hampered by problems from the start,as a planned rebel commando raid had to be aborted,Amin was warned of the impending invasion,and the rebels lacked numbers,training,and equipment. Regardless,the militants occupied a few towns in southern Uganda at the invasion's start. However,no major popular uprising erupted as Obote had hoped.
In October 1980,Uganda's West Nile Region was the site of a major military campaign,as Uganda Army (UA) remnants invaded from Zaire as well as Sudan and seized several major settlements,followed by a counteroffensive by the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) supported by militias and Tanzanian forces. The campaign resulted in large-scale destruction and massacres of civilians,mostly perpetrated by the UNLA and allied militants,with 1,000 to 30,000 civilians killed and 250,000 displaced. The clashes mark the beginning of the Ugandan Bush War.
Bernard Rwehururu was a Ugandan military officer and author. He served in various Ugandan militaries from 1965 until 2013,including under the governments of Milton Obote,Idi Amin,Tito Okello,and Yoweri Museveni.
