Uganda
1939-1962







Uganda Independent, since 1962



In 1967 Uganda, together with Kenya and Tanzania, joined the EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY, which, over Ugandese internal troubles, stopped to function in 1972 and was dissolved in 1977.
In 1962 Uganda was declared independent. MILTON OBOTE was the first prime minister; the Kabaka MUTESA OF BUGANDA head of state. In 1966, the Obote regime declared the constitution suspended, the monarchy of Buganda abolished. The Kabaka's palace was taken by force. In 1969, Obote published the COMMON MAN'S CHARTER, which drew on Tanzania's Arusha Declaration of 1967.
In 1971, General IDI AMIN staged a coup d'etat, beginning a dictatorship and a reign of terror that would last until 1979, targeting political opponents as well as ethnic minorities. The country's Asian community fled the country, the country's economy deteriorated. Amin tried to balance these effects by his foreign policy, leaning on Islamic aid donor countries such as Saudi Arabia and Libya; the country's relations to the west were strained.
In 1976, PLO and RAF terrorists abducted an Air France plane destined for Israel, which landed on Uganda's ENTEBBE airport, where the hijackers received the support of the Ugandan authorities. In a spectacular operation, the MOSSAD (Israel's secret service) landed special forces, liberated the hostages and brought them home safely.
In 1978, Ugandan forces occupied stretches of Tanzanian territory; in 1979, Tanzanian forces together with those of the Ugandan National Liberation Front (UNLF) defeated the Ugandan forces and took the capital Kampala. Idi Amin went into exile, to Saudi Arabia.
Parliamentary democracy was reintroduced, and Milton Obote returned to power. But political stability did not return, as Uganda went through a period of civil wars. In 1986, Obote was ousted by the forces of YOWERI MUSEVENI. Museveni brought stability to the country; only in the northern border regions, fighting continues until today. In the recent civil wars, CHILDREN SOLDIERS have become a worrying reality.
Uganda's economy recovered in recent years, to such an extent that Uganda is regarded black Africa's model economy. In recent years, the AIDS epidemics has taken on dramatic proportions in Uganda.
Museveni's regime supported the exile Tutsi's invasion of their home country, Rwanda, and Laurent Kabila's campaign to topple Zaire's dictator Mobutu.
In 1993, the KINGDOM OF BUGANDA was restored.





EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from Infoplease : Uganda
History of Buganda, from Buganda Homepage
Library of Congress, Country Study : Uganda
Links on Ugandan History from Looksmart
History of Uganda from UPenn, African Studies
EAC in Brief, from EACHQ
DOCUMENTS List of Bugandan Kings, from Buganda Homepage
Flags from FOTW : Ugandan flags
Maps of Uganda, from CIA World Factbook; Ethnicity Map from uganda.co (scroll down)
Ugandan banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Milton Obote : The Common Man's Charter (1969), printed in : R.O. Collins, African History in Documents, Vol. II : Eastern African History, pp.234-244
REFERENCE Insurgencies in Sudan, Uganda and Zaire, pp.203-227, in : John W. Turner, Continent Ablaze. The Insurgency Wars in Africa, 1960 to the Present, London : Cassell 1998 [G]
W.T.S. Gould, Regional Labour Migration Systems in East Africa : Continuity and Change, in : in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1963 p.803 (on events in 1962) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1964 pp.827-828 (on events in 1963) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965 p.830 (on events in 1964) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1966 pp.779-780 (on events in 1965) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1967 pp.767-768 (on events in 1966) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1968 pp.774-775 (on events in 1967) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 pp.761-762 (on events in 1968) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1970 pp.763 (on events in 1969) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1971 pp.744-745 (on events in 1970) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1972 pp.698-699 (on events in 1971) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1973 pp.699-700 (on events in 1972) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1974 pp.693-694 (on events in 1973) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1975 pp.699-700 (on events in 1974) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1976 pp.676-677 (on events in 1975) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1977 pp.680-681 (on events in 1976) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1978 pp.684-685 (on events in 1977) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1979 pp.682-683 (on events in 1978) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1980 pp.682-683 (on events in 1979) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1981 pp.676-677 (on events in 1980) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1982 p.680 (on events in 1981) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1983 pp.678-679 (on events in 1982) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1984 p.678 (on events in 1983) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1985 pp.478, 800 (on events in 1984) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1986 pp.474, 798 (on events in 1985) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1988 pp.401-402, 718 (on events in 1987) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1989 pp.401-402, 718 (on events in 1988) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1990 pp.418-419, 734 (on events in 1989) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1993 pp.374-375, 736 (on events in 1992) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1994 pp.372-373, 736 (on events in 1993) [G]
Article Uganda, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1995 pp.487, 736 (on events in 1993) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.462-464 (data of 1969-1970) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1975-1976 pp.505-507 (data of 1974-1975) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1978-1979 pp.1198-1201 (data of 1977-1978) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1980-1981 pp.1203-1206 (data of 1979-1980) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1983-1984 pp.1208-1211 (data of 1982-1983) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1984-1985 pp.1205-1208 (data of 1983-1984) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1985-1986 pp.1206-1209 (data of 1984-1985) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1987-1988 pp.1208-1211 (data of 1986-1987) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1988-1989 pp.1212-1215 (data of 1987-1988) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1989-1990 pp.1218-1221 (data of 1988-1989) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1990-1991 pp.1219-1222 (data of 1989-1990) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1991-1992 pp.1222-1225 (data of 1990-1991) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1992-1993 pp.1305-1309 (data of 1991-1992) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1993-1994 pp.1308-1312 (data of 1992-1993) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1994-1995 pp.1295-1299 (data of 1993-1994) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1995-1996 pp.1206-1209 (data of 1994-1995) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1996-1997 pp.1280-1284 (data of 1995-1996) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1997-1998 pp.1274-1278 (data of 1996-1997) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1998-1999 pp.1392-1396 (data of 1997-1998) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 2000 pp.1562-1567 (data of 1998-1999) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 2001 pp.1530-1535 (data of 1999-2000) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 2002 pp.1587-1592 (data of 2000-2001) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 2003 pp.1587-1592 (data of 2001-2002) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 2004 pp.1606-1611 (data of 2002-2003) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Statesman's Yearbook 2005 pp.1617-1623 (data of 2003-2004) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.102-103 [G]
Article : Uganda, in : The World in Figures 2nd ed. 1978 pp.102-103 [G]
Article : Uganda, in : The World in Figures 4th ed. 1984 pp.101-102 [G]
Entry : Republic of Uganda, Cabinet, pp.103-104, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1963 pp.689-690 (on events of 1962) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1964 pp.672-673 (on events of 1963) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1965 p.701 (on events of 1964) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1967 p.695 (on events of 1966) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1968 p.689 (on events of 1967) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1969 p.696 (on events of 1968) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1970 pp.697-698 (on events of 1969) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1971 p.693 (on events of 1970) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1972 pp.691-692 (on events of 1971) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1973 pp.73, 692 (on events of 1972) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1974 p.606 (on events of 1973) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1976 pp.71, 560 (on events of 1975) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1989 p.540 (on events of 1988) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1990 p.529 (on events of 1989) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1991 pp.535-536 (on events of 1990) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1993 p.545 (on events of 1992) [G]
Article : Uganda, in : Americana Annual 1994 p.547 (on events of 1993) [G]
Entry : Uganda, pp.1006-1011 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]
Entry : Uganda, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.379-383 [G]



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