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

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February 1985: Uganda's President Milton Obote talks about the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni, the forthcoming 1985 Ugandan elections and Uganda's human rights record in a BBC interview. | History of Uganda

Former President Milton Obote came to power pledging to uphold multiparty democracy and restore Uganda’s shattered economy. Uganda made substantial progress between 1982 and 1985, but its human rights situation worsened. Mr. Obote was unable to control the military. In 1984 reports of atrocities increased, as the military waged an increasingly violent campaign against the National Resistance Army led by former Defense Minister Yoweri Museveni, thousands of civilians were slaughtered by governmen