Mystery of mass murder and
rape in the Kagera Salient
Part 11
Thirty years ago, Idi Amin's military government was overthrown by a combined force of the Tanzanian army and a motley of armed Uganda groups exiled in Kenya and Tanzania during the 1970s. It ended the eight-year rule of the man who has gone down in history as one of the most brutal leader in post colonial Africa. In this second part of our series on the fall of Idi Amin, Timothy Kalyegira reveals new information on the 1979 war, which started 30 years ago yesterday, that challenges the hitherto generally accepted version of events:-
The Uganda Airforce bombed Bukoba town and Kyaka village on October 28 and 29, 1978. Idi Amin sent 3,000 Uganda Army troops into the Kagera Salient and on October 31, 1978, he announced that Uganda had annexed the territory.
On November 2, 1978, Tanzania announced that it was going to counterattack Uganda in a full-scale military operation. How Amin expected the annexation to be recognised by the international community is not clear….click on for full text>>>>>
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