President Museveni together with his commanders at the Uganda-Sudan border shortly after taking over government in 1986.
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Insurgency in the northern and eastern regions in 1986
In July 1986, remnants of the UNLA started forming spontaneous resistance groups and units in Acholi to fight back the NRA over its counterinsurgency operations....
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Uganda after 1986: Insurgencies in the north and east (Part One)
To the average person in Kampala or outside Uganda, what took place in the north was a rebel...
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Indiscipline reigns in NRA army
Because the NRA was dominated by Banyankore, Banyarwanda Tutsi, Bakiga, Batoro, Banyoro and...
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When midwives turned to mobile phone light to save mothers
These conditions largely sum up the story of health services in the rural areas—from the...
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NRA government’s purge of UFM and Fedemu soldiers
At first, the NRA and its main rival, the UFM, appeared to get on well. The leader of UFM, Dr...
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NRA kicks out Gen Okello’s government
When the Nairobi peace talks collapsed, the Kampala regime rushed back to defend its...
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Nairobi peace talks collapse as conflict, instability resume
The December 1985 Nairobi accord fell apart just a few weeks after it was signed when the...
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Lies drove Amin to strike Tanzania
April 2012 marked 33 years since the downfall of Idi Amin’s government. Bernard Rwehururu’s...
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Gen Okello calls for peace talks
When Gen. Tito Okello and Brig. Bazillio Okello - who masterminded the coup – overthrew the...
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What killed Gen. Oyite-Ojok?
On the morning of December 2, 1983, Oyite-Ojok prepared to fly to the Luweero Triangle. He...
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