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  History of Uganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Negotiations between the Okello government and the NRA were conducted in Nairobi in the fall of 1985, with Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi seeking a cease-fire and a coalition government in Uganda.
In 1996, Uganda was a key supporter of the overthrow of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko in the First Congo War in favor of rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
Between 1998 and 2003, the Ugandan army was involved in the Second Congo War in the renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo and the government continues to support rebel groups such as the Movement for the Liberation of Congo and some factions of the Rally for Congolese Democracy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Uganda   (1009 words)

  
 Uganda's History
Uganda adopted a federal constitution in April of 1962.
By 1978 Uganda was bankrupt, and the government was dependent on massive loans from Arab states friendly to Amin.
In 1993 Uganda had 43,875 reported cases of AIDS and an estimated 10 percent of the population infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
www.befcvashon.org /matthewandjulie/new_hope.html   (562 words)

  
 Uganda: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1976, Amin declared himself president for life and Uganda claimed portions of W Kenya; the move was diverted by the threat of a trade embargo.
In 1978, Uganda invaded Tanzania in an attempt to annex the Kagera region.
Uganda's forces were largely withdrawn from Congo by the end of 2002, but there was fighting in 2003 between the remaining Ugandan forces and Congolese rebels allied with Rwanda shortly before the last Ugandan troops withdrew.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0861684.html   (2057 words)

  
 Uganda - HISTORY
Uganda's political parties emerged in response to impending independence rather than as a means of winning it.
As Uganda's first prime minister, Obote displayed a talent for acting as a broker for groups divided from each other by distance, language, cultural tradition, historical enmities, and rivalries in the form of competing religions--Islam, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism.
Amin accused Nyerere of waging war against Uganda, and, hoping to divert attention from his internal troubles and rally Uganda against the foreign adversary, Amin invaded Tanzanian territory and formally annexed a section across the Kagera River boundary on November 1, 1978.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/uganda/HISTORY.html   (13080 words)

  
 ipedia.com: History of Uganda Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Uganda was of the lesser-known African countries until the 1970s when Idi Amin Dada rose to the presidency.
At Uganda's independence in October 1962 there was little indication that the country was headed for disaster.
In Uganda it was African producers who grew the cotton and coffee that brought a higher standard of living, financed the education of their children, and led to increased expectations for the future.
www.ipedia.com /history_of_uganda.html   (1507 words)

  
 Uganda - History and Politics
By 1979 Uganda was bankrupt, in the grip of internecine warfare, and the government dependent on massive loans from Arab states friendly to Amin.
Relations between Uganda and Rwanda have continued to deteriorate, and it is probably no exaggeration to say that a military clash would have occurred by now but for the mediation of the British prime minister, Tony Blair, and his secretary for overseas development, Clare Short.
Uganda’s military and intelligence officials now believe that Uganda’s withdrawal from some of the areas it controlled was premature.
www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Uganda/Politics.html   (4098 words)

  
 A short history of Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Uganda Protectorate is seperated from British East Africa in 1905.
Uganda becomes independent in 1962 as a parliamentary democratic monarchy in which the kingdoms remain separate entities.
Uganda becomes the Republic of Uganda in 1963 with Mutesa II as president.
www.electionworld.org /history/uganda.htm   (564 words)

  
 Uganda on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The economy of Uganda, which was devastated during the Idi Amin regime of the 1970s and the subsequent civil war, made a significant comeback beginning in the mid-1980s, when economic reforms aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings were undertaken.
Uganda has two main rail lines; one traverses the southern part of the country, the other connects Tororo on the Kenya border with Gulu in the north.
On Oct. 9, 1962, Uganda became independent, with A. Milton Obote, a Lango leader of the UPC, as prime minister.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Uganda_History.asp   (3583 words)

  
 Uganda: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In present-day Uganda the large mud walls of Bigo state are evidence of urban civilizations dating from the 10th century.
In February, Pope John Paul II visited Uganda and urged the population to practice sexual abstinence, to prevent the spread of AIDS.
Uganda received aid from the United States, both in weaponry and military training, in return for its efforts against Sudan and the ousted Mobutu Sese Seko regime in the Zaire.
gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=175   (3015 words)

  
 History of Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Negotiations between the Okello government and the NRA were conducted in Nairobi in the fall of 1985, with Kenyan President Daniel Moi seeking a cease-fire and a coalition government in Uganda.
The Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) launched "Operation Iron Fist" against LRA rebels in northern Uganda in 2002 and conducted operations against LRA sanctuaries in southern Sudan with the permission of the Sudanese Government.
Uganda and Sudan have resumed diplomatic relations and exchanged Ambassadors; however, Uganda continues to accuse Sudan of supporting the LRA.
www.historyofnations.net /africa/uganda.html   (1172 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The pre-colonial history of these tribes is not well recorded, genealogy being the only method employed by the early settlers in the area.
This period in Uganda's history is marked by the ascension to the throne of Bunyoro by Kabalega.
Uganda was one of the first countries in Africa to recognize and begin to deal with the problem.
www.cwm-uganda.org /uganda/history.htm   (3874 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Uganda, 1890-1918
The 'administration' of Uganda turned out to be too burdensome for the B.E.A. and the latter announced her intention to withdraw.
In 1903, Uganda's eastern highlands and Kavirondo Country were ceded to Kenya - to unify the area crossed by the railway line (Kenya and Uganda's eastern province) under one administration.
Uganda was connected by railway with Mombasa (Kenya) in 1901.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/eastafrica/uganda18901918.html   (865 words)

  
 EnterUganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The present-day Uganda was forged by the British between 1890 and 1926.
The Uganda African Farmers' Association was formed in the early 1940s under the leadership of Ignatius Musaazi who was a veteran of the Bataka movement, which had been formed in the 1920s.
It comprised the representatives of the Uganda Legislative Council under the leadership of William Rwetsiba from Ankole as the party's president general, with William Nadiope from Busoga and John Babiiha from Toro as vice presidents, and George Magezi from Bunyoro, who was the party's secretary general.
www.enteruganda.com /about/history.php   (8018 words)

  
 Uganda Facts & History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Pearl of Africa, as Uganda is worldwide known, lies on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, is land-locked and lies at the center of Africa.
Uganda’s recent history was, however, scarred by a descent into chaos and anarchy from the early 1970s until 1986.
At the centre of Uganda are Lakes Kwania and Kyoga which are fed by the waters of the River Nile.
www.acaciasafari.co.ug /facts.html   (651 words)

  
 History (from Uganda) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
, Uganda: A Modern History (1981), is a scholarly account of the influence of the economy on Uganda's history from 1881 to 1979.
For a detailed treatment of Uganda's early history and of the country in its regional context, see Eastern Africa, history of.
History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-213981   (1088 words)

  
 Doing History in Uganda: A Personal Perspective
I therefore developed units on the history of feminist thought and on the interaction between indigenous forms of patriarchy in Africa and the introduced patterns of capitalism, Christianity and Islam, and colonialism.
At the end of the month in which we had been discussing oral history techniques in one class and the patriarchy/capitalism/Christianity/colonialism nexus in the other, I asked the students to go to the village from which their family came and interview an old woman about her life.
In addition to using British colonial materials in the Uganda National Archives, I went through church records; materials held by hospitals, schools, and government agencies; Makerere dissertations; and unpublished anthropological and economic research done in Uganda between 1950 and 1970, stored in the university library or the Makerere Institute for Social Research.
www.historians.org /perspectives/issues/2004/0409/0409int1.cfm   (1530 words)

  
 Uganda History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The British came to Uganda in the mid-1800s, though the region had been home to a number of kingdoms long before Europeans arrived.
By 1890, the region was under the control of the British East Africa Company and a mere four years later, A British protectorate was declared.
He became an absolute ruler, expelled Uganda's large Asian (Indian and Pakistani) population, and declared himself president-for-life.
www.nationbynation.com /Uganda/History1.html   (263 words)

  
 The History of Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Uganda has a long complicated history and has suffered much violence throughout the years.
The national assembly was dissolved and Uganda was ruled by decree.
The invasion was unsuccessful and the Tanzanian Prime Minister Nyerere encouraged Obote to form a united front against Amin.
home.btclick.com /macfarquhar/uganda/uganda/history.htm   (347 words)

  
 Uganda Connect - History
We'd flown part of the team to Uganda to help set things up on that end, and were short of drivers, so Caroline persuaded a couple of bus drivers from Geneva's bus company, TPG, to volunteer to drive two of the trucks with her in convoy to the Port of Antwerp.
Uganda Connnect proposed that the ease and rapidity with which an upcountry electronic mail network using HF radio modems can be set up made it a logical first step towards the implementation of a comprehensive information and communications strategy in a country such as Uganda where upcountry communications are undeveloped or nonexistant.
Uganda's Ministry of Education had generously supplied the project with offices strategically located in the ministry's headquarters Crested Towers building where we give lessons and demonstrations both to ministry staff and other visitors during business hours each day.
www.uconnect.org /uconnecthist.htm   (4353 words)

  
 History - Uganda - Africa
The earliest inhabitants of Uganda were hunters and gatherers who lived more than 50,000 years ago and whose stone axes have been found near the villages of Mweya and Kagera in the southwest and at Paraa in the northwest.
Their descendants retreated to the mountains between 2,500 and 3,000 years ago when Bantu-speaking farmers moved into forested areas and cleared the land for crops.
Between 600 and 700 years ago the Chwezi, a Bantu subgroup, established settlements at Bigo in western Uganda.
www.countriesquest.com /africa/uganda/history.htm   (140 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Uganda, 1918-1939   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
To work their plantations, they employed workers from other regions of Uganda and even from out of the country, thus causing migration.
Uganda saw activity in the mining sector; in 1927, export of TIN began, in 1931 that of GOLD, in 1936 that of TIN-NIOBIUM-TANTALUM ORES, in 1937 that of WOLFRAM.
The farmers simply grew food for their own consumption and switched back to export crops when the crisis was over.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/eastafrica/uganda191839.html   (322 words)

  
 Uganda Connect - Home Page
MTN Uganda and the ministry of Education have agreed to jointly provide Internet services to nine schools through the schools connectivity programme.
While there are a variety of interesting ICT-related projects taking place throughout Africa, Uganda has emerged as a test-bed for new technology implementations, specifically in the education sector.
Although Uganda has experienced some successes with new technology deployments, specifically in the wireless arena, many rural Ugandans remain disconnected from the global information network.
www.uconnect.org   (1399 words)

  
 Uganda-CAN » The LRA Conflict in Uganda: A Brief Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This divide, coupled with a history in Uganda of utilizing violence as a political tool, created the conditions that gave rise to the insurgency of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in 1986.
Because the Government of Uganda was lending support to the southern Sudanese rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the Government of Sudan in turn extended safe haven to LRA rebels and provided them with arms caches.
In 1996, the Government of Uganda instituted its policy of confining the entire northern population to camps for the displaced to enable more effective civilian protection and to prevent the LRA from stealing food, children, and supplies from northern villages.
www.ugandacan.org /history.php   (969 words)

  
 Uganda Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Travellers are flocking to Uganda's beautiful mountains, trekking opportunities and communities of mountain gorillas.
Kampala is now the modern, bustling capital of a new Uganda, a country with one of the fastest growing economies in Africa.
Ethnic conflict and banditry are common irritants in the northeastern Karamoja region and in neighbouring Katakwi district, as is Nebbi, in the country's mountainous west.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/uganda   (203 words)

  
 Digging history under Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
First he and his team find signs of ancient civilizations settled on the surface of a road or field, usually bits of pottery and animal bones.
The pottery and other artifacts he finds can be thousands of years old and thousands of miles from their country of origin.
Robertshaw is looking to connect the oral history and the archaeological proof of how the old tribal kingdoms of the central-African country developed and operated.
www.vvdailypress.com /2001-2003/104377216745155.html   (366 words)

  
 Uganda: History
'Why are we cursed?': writing history and fmaking peace in North West Uganda.(History of peacemaking between West Nilers and the Uganda state)
Kiwanuka Reaches Into History; Defensive End's Grandfather Was First Prime Minister of Uganda
Farmers and fallowing: agricultural change in Kigezi district, Uganda.
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 Books, History, Africa, Uganda Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Phares Mutibwa have written the very nice book "Uganda Since Independence: A Story _ of Unfulfilled Hopes", a lof of excited readers have read this book.
Ramkrishna Mukherjee have written the very nice book "Uganda: An Historical Accident, Class, _ Nation, State Formation", a lof of excited readers have read this book.
"Uganda: An Historical Accident, Class, _ Nation, State Formation is very nice, it is worth all the money Africa World Press wants for this product.
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 Target : Entertainment : Books : History : Africa : Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Uganda Since Independence: A Story of Unfulfilled Hopes
Uganda: An Historical Accident, Class, Nation, State Formation
Uganda: Tarnished Pearl of Africa (Nations of the Modern World: Africa)
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