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Vol 37 No 17

Published 23rd August 1996


Uganda

Museveni's new model army

The fate of Sudan's National Islamic Front government is of critical importance to President Yoweri Museveni. Backing Colonel John Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Army and, especially, fighting off the Khartoum-backed Lord's Resistance Army and West Nile Bank Front (AC Vol 37 No 14) is stretching Kampala's resources. Armed opposition in the north has persisted for over a decade but the LRA has exploited Khartoum-Kampala tensions more effectively than its predecessors.

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