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In the last phase of the Ugandan Bush War from January to March 1986, the National Resistance Army (NRA) conducted a military campaign to conquer northern Uganda beyond the Nile, an area still held by the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) and allied militias that had previously been loyal to the recently deposed government of Ugandan President Tito Okello.
In the last phase of the Ugandan Bush War during March 1986, the National Resistance Army (NRA) conducted a military campaign to conquer northern Uganda beyond the Nile, an area still held by the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) and allied militias that had previously been loyal to the recently deposed government of Ugandan President Tito Okello.
A separate rebellion broke out in Acholiland on 6 August 1986, when a female spirit medium named Alice Auma declared that the spirit "Lakwena" had ordered her to wage war against the NRM government and witchcraft. At this point, Auma had already been active as healer in Opit since May 1985, and had gained some regional recognition. [10]
The holiday is a time for Americans to honor those who served in the military and for them to pass down their stories to younger generations.
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By the time the victorious NRA entered Kampala in 1986, about a quarter of its 16,000 combatants were Banyarwanda [citation needed], while Fred Rwigema was its deputy commander. The NRA then became the national army. Shortly afterwards, the UNLA carried out a number of attacks against civilians in the north of Uganda. [4]
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Heike Behrend.Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits. War in Northern Uganda 1986–97. Alice Auma (1956 – 17 January 2007) was a Ugandan spirit-medium who, as the head of the Holy Spirit Movement (HSM), led a millennial rebellion against the Ugandan government forces of President Yoweri Museveni from August 1986 until November 1987.