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Dominic Ongwen (born 1975) is a Ugandan former child soldier and former commander of one of the brigades of the Ugandan guerrilla group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).. He was detained in 2014 [5] and in 2021 the International Criminal Court convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, and enslavement.
The Ugandan forces initially involved in the offensive numbered "hundreds" [12] or between 2,000 and 4,000 soldiers. [13] By early 2025, the Ugandan force had been reinforced to include about 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers. [14] The operation is mainly carried out by the UPDF Mountain Division.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (born c. 1961) Joseph Kony Head of the Lord's Resistance Army Incumbent Assumed office August 1987 Preceded by Office established Personal details Born 1961 (age 63–64) Odek, Northern Region, British Uganda Children 42 (as of 2006) Military service ...
Odwar was an ethnic Acholi [1] and born at Orom in northern Uganda. [2] In April 1979, Tanzanian forces and the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), a coalition of armed rebel groups, overthrew the regime of Ugandan President Idi Amin. This resulted in widespread unrest, with fleeing Uganda Army troops looting across
Patrick Kimumwe was born at Kamuli District, Uganda Protectorate, around 1946.He enlisted in the Uganda Army in 1965. [2] His brother Wilson "Willy" Kimumwe also joined the military, eventually becoming a pilot in the Uganda Army Air Force [3] [4] and training to fly MiG-21 and MiG-17 jets in the Soviet Union and Iraq. [5]
The Arua nightclub shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 September 2006, when Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) soldier Andrew Wanyama shot seven people at the Paradise Nightclub in Arua, Uganda, killing three and wounding four others. He fled and was killed the following afternoon by soldiers and police officers after he opened ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule ...
Butabika was among the proponents of a preemptive strike against Tanzania, [32] [33] even though several other leading Ugandan officers believed that their military was not ready for a conflict with Tanzania. [23] The situation escalated on 9 October 1978, [26] when an altercation broke out between a Ugandan soldier and Tanzanian border guards ...