What the records say
- When
- 27 Jul 1985
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 0.31° N, 32.58° E
- Description
- Military takeover in Uganda
1985 Ugandan coup d'état
Military takeover in Uganda
The 1985 Ugandan coup d'état was an ethnically motivated military takeover in Uganda involving dissident Acholi elements within the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), led by Brigadier Basilio Olara Okello, which successfully ousted the second Milton Obote government.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Uganda”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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