National Resistance Army

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The National Resistance Army was the rebel military organization led by Yoweri Museveni that waged a guerrilla war in the 1980s and ultimately seized power in Uganda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed movement
guerrilla army
rebel group
alliedWith National Resistance Movement NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs NRA NERFINISHED
armedStruggleBegan February 1981
commandStructure High Command led by Yoweri Museveni
conflict Ugandan Bush War NERFINISHED
country Uganda
dateOfTakingPower 1986
endTime 1990s
ethnicComposition predominantly Banyankole and allied groups
flagBearerOf National Resistance Movement government after 1986
goal end human rights abuses in Uganda
overthrow Milton Obote government
headquarters Luweero Triangle NERFINISHED
ideology Anti-dictatorship
Nationalism
influencedBy liberation movements in Africa
leader Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED
mergedInto Uganda People’s Defence Force NERFINISHED
notableCommander Caleb Akandwanaho NERFINISHED
Elly Tumwine NERFINISHED
Fred Rwigyema NERFINISHED
Salim Saleh NERFINISHED
notableEvent capture of Kampala in January 1986
notableOperation Luweero Triangle insurgency NERFINISHED
operationalArea Central Uganda NERFINISHED
Luweero Triangle NERFINISHED
opposedTo Government of Milton Obote NERFINISHED
Tito Okello regime NERFINISHED
Uganda National Liberation Army NERFINISHED
partOf National Resistance Movement system
politicalWing National Resistance Movement NERFINISHED
precededBy Front for National Salvation NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Government of Uganda after 1986 NERFINISHED
recruitmentBase rural peasants in central and western Uganda
reorganizedAs Uganda People’s Defence Force NERFINISHED
result Yoweri Museveni presidency
overthrow of Tito Okello government
seizedPowerIn Uganda NERFINISHED
startTime 1981
statusAfter1986 national army of Uganda NERFINISHED
successor Uganda People’s Defence Force NERFINISHED
trainingSupportFrom Rwandan exiles
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
rural insurgency

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Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces formerlyKnownAs National Resistance Army
National Resistance Movement armedWing National Resistance Army
Yoweri Museveni ledOrganization National Resistance Army