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Vol 37 No 25

Published 13th December 1996


Uganda

Border brothers

As Zaïre's conflict spreads, Kampala is now fighting or backing rebels on three borders

The chaos in Zaïre was bound to spill across Uganda's dangerous western border and reignite some old rebellions. The latest flash-point is in Uganda's south-western corner, where it meets Zaïre and Rwanda amid wild and remote mountains. In November, rebels calling themselves the Allied Democratic Forces occupied the three Ugandan villages of Bwera, Mpondwe and Karambi; in September, they had seized a border post on the Rwandan frontier. They held the post for only a day, the towns for a week. Kampala says the fighters came over from Zaïre. Local people say the men who drove them back wore not Ugandan army uniforms but Rwandan army uniforms; Kampala denies this.

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