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Uganda Protectorate - Wikipedia  The British Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962. ... Preceded by, Succeeded by ... London sent only a few officials to administer the country, relying primarily on the 'Bakungu' chiefs. ... taxes, and the proximity of Entebbe (the Uganda capital) was close to the Buganda capital.
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Kampala, Uganda (1890- ) | The Black Past: Remembered and ...  When Uganda became an independent country in 1962, the capital was returned from Entebbe to Kampala. In 1922 Makerere Technical Institute was founded.
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Kampala | national capital, Uganda | Britannica.com  In 1962 Kampala (a municipality since 1949) became the capital of ... Situated in the country's most prosperous agricultural section, Kampala exports coffee, ... by Uganda's international airport at Entebbe (21 miles [34 km] south-southwest).
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Uganda Country Profile Information - Lifetime Experience Safaris  Uganda became an independent - sovereign nation in 1962 without a bloody .... Kampala succeeded nearby Entebbe as capital when the country became...
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Uganda - Wikipedia  Location of Uganda (dark green).  in Africa  in the African Union (light blue). Capital ... Uganda is the world's second most populous landlocked country after Ethiopia. ... Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. .... the south, near this lake, including the capital Kampala and the nearby city of Entebbe.
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Uganda - Ansima Safaris  Even a decade after Amin's flight from Uganda in 1979, popular imagination still insisted on ... They were foreshadowed by Amin's predecessor, Apolo Milton Obote, who ... law for five years before a military coup in 1971 brought Amin into power. .... iron was mined and smelted in many parts of the country not long afterward.
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Idi Amin | president of Uganda | Britannica.com  Military officer and president (197179) of Uganda whose regime was noted for the ... soldiers elevated to officer rank before Ugandan independence in 1962, and he ... involved in the hijacking of a French airliner to Entebbe (see Entebbe raid). ... As the Tanzanian-led forces neared Kampala, Uganda's capital, on April 13,...
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Kampala - Wikitravel  Kampala is the capital city of Uganda and is in the South Central part close to the shores of Lake Victoria.
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history of Democratic Republic of the Congo | capital at Kinshasa ...  The country that began as a king's private domain (the Congo Free State), ... Congo, he persuaded Parliament to grant independence to that colony. ... Luba and Lunda statesamong the larger of the Bantu states in the 15th ... in Baudouin I ... its independence at Lopoldville (now Kinshasa, Congo) on June 30, 1960.
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Visit | Kampala Art Biennale  ... Africa. For a relatively small country, there's a lot that's big about the place. ... Uganda remains one of the safest destinations in Africa. ... Kampala, Uganda's capital city is one of the fastest growing cities in East Africa. .... A: Uganda National Mus. ... Be sure to ask for a 90-day visa, or you'll probably be given 30 or 60 days.
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History of Uganda (196271) - Wikipedia  The history of Uganda from 1962 through 1971 comprises the history of Uganda from Ugandan independence from the United Kingdom to the rise of the dictator Idi Amin. Early independent Uganda during this period was dominated by the regime ... The military then began to assume a more prominent role in Ugandan life.
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Abuja | national capital, Nigeria | Britannica.com  It lies in the central part of the Abuja federal capital territory (created 1976), ... an airport, and expressways connect the federal capital with other state capitals. ... of Lagos state, and until December 1991 it was the federal capital of Nigeria. ... It was built in the 1980s to replace the crowded coastal city of Lagos as the capital.
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Harare - Wikipedia  Harare is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. Situated in the north-east of the ... Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, the capital of the Central...
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Operation Entebbe - Wikipedia  Operation Entebbe was a successful counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers had been hijacked by ... Just after takeoff, the flight was hijacked by two Palestinians from the Popular...
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Burundi - Wikipedia  Location of Burundi (dark blue).  in Africa  in the African Union (light blue). Capital ... The southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. The Twa, Hutu .... On 18 September 1962 Burundi joined the United Nations. In 1963, King .... He became the first Hutu head of state, leading a pro-Hutu government. In October...
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History of Democracy in Botswana | Embassy of the Republic of ...  The British were willing to hand over these territories now that the situation had ... In February 1965, the transfer of the country's capital from Mafeking, South Africa to Gaborone in ... The BPP (then Bechuanaland Peoples Party) won three seats. ... On September 30, 1966 the country became the independent Republic of...
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History of Uganda (197179) - Wikipedia  The history of Uganda between 1971 and 1979 comprises the history of Uganda during Idi Amin's military dictatorship over Uganda. .... On 7 August 1973, Idi Amin decreed Swahili was to be Uganda's official language. ... mosques came true, and construction was finally completed more than 30 years after it initially began.
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The Challenge of Decolonization in Africa  Also in 1960, seventeen African territories gained independence from the strong ... Combined with the strong residue of the colonial political structure, African leaders ... moreover, enters into the vaster framework of the policy of the two blocs, .... Between the early 1950s and the mid-1970s, as African leaders south of the...
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Tanganyika | historical state, Tanzania | Britannica.com  Tanganyika, historical eastern African state that in 1964 merged with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, later renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. (See Tanzania.) ... Tanganyika gained independence on Dec. 9, 1961, and became a republic one year later.
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History of Uganda (197179) - Wikipedia  By January 1971, Milton Obote, then President of Uganda, was prepared to rid himself of the potential threat posed by Idi Amin.
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Nairobi facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  Nairobi is the main commercial and cultural center for East Africa. ... Railways link Nairobi to Mombasa, Kenya ' s second largest city, on the Indian ..... Although still detained, Jomo Kenyatta was named as president of KANU. ... By 1963 Kenya achieved internal self-government with Kenyatta as the first prime minister.