New Ugandan Crackdown Said to Kill Thousands By Caryle Murphy August 5, 1984 (The Washington Post) The Ugandan Army has killed or intentionally starved to death thousands of civilians in the past few months as part of what appears to be an officially sanctioned get-tough policy in the Army's three-year-old fight against rebels, according to well-informed sources. The deaths, mostly of women and children, as well as recent arrests of many hundreds of political activists, are part of a campaign in

The Fall of Kampala, also known as the Liberation of Kampala (Kiswahili: Kukombolewa kwa Kampala), was a pivotal battle during the Uganda–Tanzania War in 1979. The combined forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) successfully attacked and captured the Ugandan capital, Kampala. The UNLF, formed by exiled Ugandans opposed to military dictator Idi Amin's rule, played a crucial role in this victory. Following the liberation, Yusuf Kironde Lule, Chairman of the UNLF, was sw