History UsefulNotes / Uganda

* ''Film/WhoKilledCaptainAlex'', a 2010 action movie by Ramon Film Productions taking place in Kampala, where it was also produced, known for its high pacing and low budget style that Wakaliwood is made famous for.

** Vice-President: Edward Ssekandi

After an interim period, Milton Obote returned to power in a rigged election in 1981. Some military officers, many of them Amin loyalists and calling themselves the National Resistance Movement, rebelled under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni, triggering a disastrous war which claimed even more lives than Amin's regime. After 500,000 people were killed and his reputation in tatters, Obote [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left the country]]. His government fell in less than a year as Museveni's army seized the capital.

Museveni has been ruling the country since, at [[LongRunner 35 years]] one of the longest currently reigning non-monarch leaders in the world. The country has become more peaceful under his government, though there has been continual skirmishes with rebel groups in the north. The most notorious of this is the Lord's Resistance Army, an Acholi militia known for its widespread use of {{child soldier}}s, and for the fact that its leader, a man named Joseph Kony, is completely off his nut. His followers believe a [[InterfaithSmoothie strange mixture of Christianity and animist beliefs]], and many people's fear of Kony stems partly from the belief that he has magical powers. Joseph Kony's actions reached the attention of American activists in 2012, who staged a very ambitious campaign of supporting the capturing of Kony by December of that year, by making him famous (it didn't work). Their goals are explained [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc here]].

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda ('''Swahili:''' ''Jamhuri ya Uganda'') is a highland country in East https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Africa#:~:text=City%3A%20Juba-,Tanzania,-Capital%3A%20Dodoma. Located in the Great Rift Valley and bordering three of the African Great Lakes (Lakes Victoria, Albert, and Edward), its territory is very fertile, attracting a large population and making it one of the most densely populated states on the continent.

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda ('''Swahili:''' ''Jamhuri ya Uganda'') is a highland country in East Africa. Located in the Great Rift Valley and bordering three of the African Great Lakes (Lakes Victoria, Albert, and Edward), its territory is very fertile, attracting a large population and making it one of the most densely populated states on the continent.

The country has many ethnic groups, mostly descended of sedentary Bantu people who began populating the area during the 1st millennium BCE. These ethnic groups are rooted in feudal kingdoms which existed centuries before the British occupation, the most influential of which was the Buganda, a state bordering Lake Victoria and where the present capital of Kampala is located. There are also Nilotic-speaking pastoralists who predominate the northern half of the country. Beginning with the 19th century, Buganda started dealing with foreign polities extensively and many Baganda, then following traditional African religions, accepted religions brought in by foreigners, including Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam. When the British arrived later in the century, they strongarmed the Protestant community to bring the territory under their rule. In 1894, the Protectorate of Uganda was established, with the Buganda king (known as ''Kabaka'') being allowed to continue ruling as a ceremonial figurehead. In the following decades, the British also brought in thousands of Indian migrants who quickly took over the protectorate's economy.

Museveni has been ruling the country since, at [[LongRunner 35 years]] one of the longest currently reigning non-monarch leaders in the world. The country has become more peaceful under his government, though there has been continual skirmishes with rebel groups in the north. The most notorious of this is the Lord's Resistance Army, an Acholi militia known for its widespread use of {{Child Soldier}}s, and for the fact that its leader, a man named Joseph Kony, is completely off his nut. His followers believe a [[InterfaithSmoothie strange mixture of Christianity and animist beliefs]], and a many people's fear of Kony stems from the belief that he has magical powers. Joseph Kony's actions reached the attention of American activists in 2012, who staged a very ambitious campaign of supporting the capturing of Kony by December of that year, by making him famous (it didn't work). Their goals are explained [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc here]].

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Stanley (5109 m/16,762 ft) (30th[[note]]shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo[[/note]])

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Stanley (5109 m/16,762 ft) (49th[[note]]shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo[[/note]])

* '''Lowest points:''' Albert Nile (621 m/2,037 ft) (75th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Stanley (5109 m/16,762 ft) (49th<note>shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo</note>)