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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
Soldiers accused the people of Kakiri of possessing pieces of wood and grass for superstition purposes. [2] May 1982 Lake Victoria: 30 Thirty bodies washed upon the shores of Lake Victoria. [2] May 1982 Kikyusa 100 These people were hacked to death by soldiers. [2] 28 May 1982 Nakaseta, near Nityana 35 [2] Kampala wedding massacre: 26 June 1994
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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 Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000, consisting of land forces and an air wing. [6]
Major General Kasirye Ggwanga (26 August 1952 – 9 June 2020), was a Ugandan military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force. [1] He was previously incarcerated as a prisoner of war for 897 days, inside both Uganda and Tanzania. [2] He was a presidential advisor on Buganda Kingdom affairs.
A soldier in an internally displaced persons camp in northern Uganda in 2003. Northern Uganda saw a number of displaced civilians due to civil conflict in Uganda, as well as civil war in neighbouring Sudan. The new NRA government's occupation of the north was challenged by rebel groups formed among the former supporters of Obote.
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