National Resistance Army
| National Resistance Army | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Yoweri Museveni |
| Dates of operation | June 1981 – 1995 |
| Ideology | Maoism[1] |
| Battles and wars | Bush War War in Uganda (1986–1994) LRA insurgency Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict |
The National Resistance Army (NRA) was a guerilla army and the military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) that fought in the Ugandan Bush War against the government of Milton Obote, and later the government of Tito Okello. NRA was supported by Muammar Gaddafi.[2]
NRA was formed in 1981 when
Museveni, who had guerrilla war experience with the
Shortly afterwards the UNLA carried out a number of attacks against civilians in the north of Uganda.[4] The attacks largely targeted the Acholi people and were in part seen as a form of revenge for Operation Bonanza, the scorched-earth operation there that had been ordered by Milton Obote during his presidency.[4]
From 1986 to 1990, the Museveni regime tried to end various insurgencies and to establish control over the army.[5] Despite repeated government claims that the NRA had defeated the UNLA and other rebel groups, insurgent activity continued, especially in the northern, eastern, and western regions. In April 1988, 3,000 former Uganda People's Army (UPA) fighters and members of several other small rebel groups accepted a government amnesty by surrendering and declaring their support for Museveni's regime. In June 1988, the president concluded a peace agreement with Uganda People's Democratic Army (UPDA) commander Lieutenant Colonel John Angelo Okello. Although the NRA subsequently integrated many UPA and UPDA personnel into its ranks, thousands of others rejected the peace accord and continued to fight against the NRA.
After the 1995 Ugandan constitution was enacted, the NRA was renamed the Uganda People's Defence Force.
References
- ^ Simba, S. K. (2015). "Same Same but Different: Parties, Politics and Ideology in Uganda" (PDF). Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences. p. 8. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Mercenaries paid between $300 and $2,000 a day – Gaddafi amasses army of African mercenaries". Al Arabiya. 3 March 2011.
- ^ "A Country Study: The Second Obote Regime: 1981–85", Library of Congress Country Studies
- ^ ISBN 9781846270314.
- ^ Library of Congress, The Rise of the National Resistance Army, accessed February 2009
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