Ugandan War In Tanzania
The Ugandan Tanzanian war of 1978 until 1979 was the war to be credited with the overthrow of dictator Idi Amin. Since seizing power in 1971, through a military coup, Amin’s regime became greatly disliked by Tanzania. As a result of jealousy and rivalry between leaders, an unjust war was had. Under Amin’s power, Uganda never had a healthy relationship with Tanzania, creating tension that eventually overflew forcing the two countries into war. By the end of the fight, Amin’s regime was ousted from power, driving him into exile.
From 1971 to 1979, Nyerere and Amin were in constant tension, and Nyerere wanted to restore his friend Obote to Uganda’s presidency. This is what the war that overthrew Amin was about. Since Nyerere fought the Ugandan-Tanzanian …show more content…
“It is very difficult to understand Uganda’s politics,” dad said, and he continued, “One has to focus first on the fact that the colonialist forced together in one country 33 different tribes most of which hate each other. Next, the colonialists gave incentives to different groups to form alliances, and those alliances blossomed into political groups that survive to this day. And then there is a history of bloodshed, some of it a product of Obote’s reign, from 1966 to 1971 and Amin’s reign from 1971 to 1979,” he added. Then he concluded, “Nyerere had created circumstances, by bringing a war whose purpose was to restore Obote, and we of the Baganda tribe and some others who belonged to our Democratic Party (DP), mostly of the Roman Catholic faith, especially those opposed to his northern Lango tribe and their henchmen in the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party, vehemently opposed Nyerere’s imposition of Obote on us. We were not going to accept this under any circumstance, and the Baganda and others who belonged to DP and were Catholic, supported what amounted to an uprising within the UNLA against Obote. So, from the ouster of Amin forward, the country was in a state of war, which left many dead who have never been accounted for and a phenomenon that historians simply
From 1971 to 1979, Nyerere and Amin were in constant tension, and Nyerere wanted to restore his friend Obote to Uganda’s presidency. This is what the war that overthrew Amin was about. Since Nyerere fought the Ugandan-Tanzanian …show more content…
“It is very difficult to understand Uganda’s politics,” dad said, and he continued, “One has to focus first on the fact that the colonialist forced together in one country 33 different tribes most of which hate each other. Next, the colonialists gave incentives to different groups to form alliances, and those alliances blossomed into political groups that survive to this day. And then there is a history of bloodshed, some of it a product of Obote’s reign, from 1966 to 1971 and Amin’s reign from 1971 to 1979,” he added. Then he concluded, “Nyerere had created circumstances, by bringing a war whose purpose was to restore Obote, and we of the Baganda tribe and some others who belonged to our Democratic Party (DP), mostly of the Roman Catholic faith, especially those opposed to his northern Lango tribe and their henchmen in the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party, vehemently opposed Nyerere’s imposition of Obote on us. We were not going to accept this under any circumstance, and the Baganda and others who belonged to DP and were Catholic, supported what amounted to an uprising within the UNLA against Obote. So, from the ouster of Amin forward, the country was in a state of war, which left many dead who have never been accounted for and a phenomenon that historians simply