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	{{Infobox country\|name=Republic of Uganda\|native_name=Jamhuri ya Uganda\|image_flag=Flag of Uganda.svg\|image_coat=Coat of arms of Uganda.svg\|capital=Kampala\|largest_city=Kampala\|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]\|government_type=Unitary presidential republic\|leader_title1=President\|leader_name1=[[Yoweri Museveni]]\|leader_title2=Prime Minister\|~~leader_name2~~=[[Robinah Nabbanja]]\|image_map=Uganda map.svg\|map_width=~~260~~\|official_languages=English<br>Swahili\|area_km2=241,038\|~~population_estimate~~=45,~~853~~,~~778~~\|~~population_estimate_year~~=~~2021~~}}		{{Infobox country\|name=Republic of Uganda\|native_name=Jamhuri ya Uganda\|image_flag=Flag of Uganda.svg\|image_coat=Coat of arms of Uganda.svg\|capital=Kampala\|largest_city=Kampala\|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]\|government_type=Unitary presidential republic under a [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]]\|leader_title1=President\|leader_name1=[[Yoweri Museveni]]\|leader_title2=Vice President\|leader_name2=[[Jessica Alupo]]\|leader_title3=Prime Minister\|leader_name3=[[Robinah Nabbanja]]\|image_map=Uganda map.svg\|map_width=290\|official_languages=English<br>Swahili\|area_km2=241,038\|population_census=45,905,417\|population_census_year=2024\|currency=Ugandan shilling\|currency_code=UGX\|calling_code=+256\|iso3166code=UG\|cctld=.ug}}

	'''Uganda''', officially the '''Republic of Uganda''', is a country in East Africa. Since 1996, it has plundered at least $10 billion of natural resources from the ~~[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]~~ and received over $20 billion from the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=[[Jeremy Kuzmarov]]\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=International Court of Justice Ruled that Uganda Must Pay $325 Million in Reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo—But What About U.S. and UK?\|date=2022-05-19\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/19/international-court-of-justice-ruled-that-uganda-must-pay-325-million-in-reparations-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-what-about-u-s-and-uk/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822215632/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/19/international-court-of-justice-ruled-that-uganda-must-pay-325-million-in-reparations-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-what-about-u-s-and-uk/\|archive-date=2022-08-22\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref>		'''Uganda''', officially the '''Republic of Uganda''', is a landlocked country in [[East Africa]]. It borders [[Republic of South Sudan\|South Sudan]] to the north, [[Republic of Kenya\|Kenya]] to the east, [[United Republic of Tanzania\|Tanzania]] and [[Republic of Rwanda\|Rwanda]] to the south and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC) to the west.

			Since 1996, it has plundered at least $10 billion of natural resources from the DRC and received over $20 billion from the [[Government of the United States of America\|U.S. government]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=[[Jeremy Kuzmarov]]\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=International Court of Justice Ruled that Uganda Must Pay $325 Million in Reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo—But What About U.S. and UK?\|date=2022-05-19\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/19/international-court-of-justice-ruled-that-uganda-must-pay-325-million-in-reparations-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-what-about-u-s-and-uk/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822215632/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/19/international-court-of-justice-ruled-that-uganda-must-pay-325-million-in-reparations-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-what-about-u-s-and-uk/\|archive-date=2022-08-22\|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	Following anti-[[Republic of India\|Indian]] riots in 1945 and 1949, [[Idi Amin]] expelled the Indian population from Uganda in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Tehran\|page=83\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 following a six-year war against [[Socialism\|socialist]] leader [[~~Milton Obote~~]].		=== Colonization ===
			[[Colonialism\|Colonial]] forces arrived in Uganda in the 1870s and became an object of [[Imperialism\|imperialis]]<nowiki/>t competition between [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|Britain]] and [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|Germany]]. The Germans ceded Uganda to British influence in a 1890 treaty and the territory was administrated by the [[Imperial British East Africa Company]] (IBEAC) until becoming a formal British protectorate in 1894.<ref name=":2">{{Citation\|author=A. M. Pegushev\|year=1979\|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia\|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Uganda\|chapter=Uganda\|section=Historical survey}}</ref>

			=== Independence ===
			Uganda remained a British colony until declaring independence in 1962. Its first government was led by [[Milton Obote]], a [[Pan-Africanism\|pan-Africanist]] who implemented [[Progressivism\|progressive]] reforms, most notably [[Nationalization\|nationalizing]] 80% of British corporations. Obote served as prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 until 1971 when he was overthrown by [[Idi Amin]] in a coup backed by the [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]], [[Secret Intelligence Service\|MI6]] and [[Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations\|Mossad]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Web citation\|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov\|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]\|title=The CIA and Mossad Helped Bring Idi Amin to Power in Uganda in the 1970s\|date=2026-07-13\|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2026/07/13/the-cia-and-mossad-helped-bring-idi-amin-to-power-in-uganda-in-the-1970s/\|archive-url=https://archive.ph/wavSW\|archive-date=2026-07-14}}</ref>

			Following anti-[[Republic of India\|Indian]] riots in 1945 and 1949, Idi Amin expelled the Indian population from Uganda in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Tehran\|page=83\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

			[[Yoweri Museveni]] came to power in 1986 following a six-year war against [[Socialism\|socialist]] leader Obote. Museveni would rule Uganda continuously since 1986 as a [[Imperial core\|western]]-backed [[Dictatorship\|dictator]], implementing a brutal [[Neoliberalism\|neoliberal]] regime.<ref name=":3" />

	Uganda and ~~[[Republic of~~ Rwanda~~\|Rwanda]]~~ invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996 to install [[Laurent Kabila]] as the country's leader and allow Uganda to exploit the DRC's minerals. They replaced Laurent Kabila with another puppet, his son [[Joseph Kabila]]. Between 1997 and 2001, Ugandan militias controlled the DRC's Ituri region, which is rich in gold, diamonds, tantalum, and niobium. Around 50,000 Iturians were killed during this period, and half a million more were displaced.<ref name=":0" />		Uganda and Rwanda invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996 to install [[Laurent Kabila]] as the country's leader and allow Uganda to exploit the DRC's minerals. They replaced Laurent Kabila with another puppet, his son [[Joseph Kabila]]. Between 1997 and 2001, Ugandan militias controlled the DRC's Ituri region, which is rich in gold, diamonds, tantalum, and niobium. Around 50,000 Iturians were killed during this period, and half a million more were displaced.<ref name=":0" />

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	== History ==		== History ==
			Following anti-[[Republic of India\|Indian]] riots in 1945 and 1949, [[Idi Amin]] expelled the Indian population from Uganda in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Tehran\|page=83\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 following a six-year war against [[Socialism\|socialist]] leader [[Milton Obote]].		Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 following a six-year war against [[Socialism\|socialist]] leader [[Milton Obote]].

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{{Infobox country|name=Republic of Uganda|native_name=Jamhuri ya Uganda|image_flag=Flag of Uganda.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Uganda.svg|capital=Kampala|largest_city=Kampala|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary presidential republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Yoweri Museveni]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Robinah Nabbanja]]|image_map=Uganda map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=English<br>Swahili|area_km2=241,038|population_estimate=45,853,778|population_estimate_year=2021}}

'''Uganda''', officially the '''Republic of Uganda''', is a country in East Africa. Since 1996, it has plundered at least $10 billion of natural resources from the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and received over $20 billion from the [[Government of the United States of America|U.S. government]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Jeremy Kuzmarov]]|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=International Court of Justice Ruled that Uganda Must Pay $325 Million in Reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo—But What About U.S. and UK?|date=2022-05-19|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/19/international-court-of-justice-ruled-that-uganda-must-pay-325-million-in-reparations-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-what-about-u-s-and-uk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822215632/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/05/19/international-court-of-justice-ruled-that-uganda-must-pay-325-million-in-reparations-to-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-what-about-u-s-and-uk/|archive-date=2022-08-22|retrieved=2022-12-24}}</ref>

== History ==
Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 following a six-year war against [[Socialism|socialist]] leader [[Milton Obote]].

Uganda and [[Republic of Rwanda|Rwanda]] invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996 to install [[Laurent Kabila]] as the country's leader and allow Uganda to exploit the DRC's minerals. They replaced Laurent Kabila with another puppet, his son [[Joseph Kabila]]. Between 1997 and 2001, Ugandan militias controlled the DRC's Ituri region, which is rich in gold, diamonds, tantalum, and niobium. Around 50,000 Iturians were killed during this period, and half a million more were displaced.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:Global south]]
[[Category:African countries]]

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