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Dominic Ongwen (born 1975) is a Ugandan former child soldier and former commander of one of the brigades of the Ugandan guerrilla group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).. He was detained in 2014 [5] and in 2021 the International Criminal Court convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, and enslavement.
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000, consisting of land forces and an air wing. [6]
[113] [114] Though the Uganda Army employed at least 20,000 personnel by 1978/79, [87] [115] only 3,000 Ugandan soldiers at most were deployed at the front lines at any given time. [116] The 10,000 new recruits had little training, and were used to man roadblocks instead of serving at the front lines. [ 94 ]
He also served as the chief of staff of the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF), from 2013 until 2017, and was the commander of the UPDF's ground forces from 2005 to 2013. He also served as the inspector general of police (IGP) of the Uganda Police Force (UPF), the highest rank in that branch of Uganda's government, from 2001 until 2005 ...
Muhoozi Kainerugaba was born on 24 April 1974 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to Yoweri Museveni and Janet Museveni. [6] At the time Museveni was an exiled FRONASA rebel outfit leader, as he and other exiles based in Tanzania plotted to overthrow the Idi Amin dictatorship.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (born c. 1961) Joseph Kony Head of the Lord's Resistance Army Incumbent Assumed office August 1987 Preceded by Office established Personal details Born 1961 (age 63–64) Odek, Northern Region, British Uganda Children 42 (as of 2006) Military service ...
Patrick Kimumwe was born at Kamuli District, Uganda Protectorate, around 1946.He enlisted in the Uganda Army in 1965. [2] His brother Wilson "Willy" Kimumwe also joined the military, eventually becoming a pilot in the Uganda Army Air Force [3] [4] and training to fly MiG-21 and MiG-17 jets in the Soviet Union and Iraq. [5]