UGANDA. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. The capital of Uganda is Kampala. Uganda borders Kenya to the east, South Sudan to the north, the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west and Tanzania to the south. The official language is English and Luganda is a central language, widely spoken throughout the country, but many other languages are also spoken, including Swahili. Uganda's natural resources are copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt and gold. The current president of Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. THE LANGO PEOPLE. The Langi people live in north-central Uganda. The symbol of the Langi tribe is a rhinoceros. They speak the Lutuka language. Langos are agro-pastoralists who raise livestock and engage in the cultivation of crops such as millet, beans, bananas and sweet potatoes. Langos are the Nilo-Hamiti people (East African pastoralist group). THE ACHOLI PEOPLE. The Acholi live in northern Uganda and are called the band. they raise cattle and sheep and their main food is millet. They originally emigrated from Southern Sudan. The Acholi language is a Western Nilotic language known as Luo.IDI AMIN DADA.Idi Amin Dada was the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, before becoming president of Uganda, he was deputy commander of the Ugandan army. He ruled Uganda for 8 terrible years During his time, Amin earned titles such as Black Hitler, Hangman Amin and Idi the Terrible. Idi Amin Dada is generally remembered only for the corpses that piled up during his time. Idi Amin Dada was ignorant and illiterate enough that he couldn't even write his name, he had no experience as a Commander and yet he became an arm...... middle of paper...... they were prohibited .- No right to the liberation of opinoinDESTRUCTION.- 250,000 – 500,000 people killed.- 5,000 soldiers were killed.- 75,000 Asians were expelled. IMPACTS OF THIS GENOCIDE.- Thousands of deaths and property losses.- Military leaders like Joseph Kony continue to use Amin's method to achieve goals. METHODS OF AMIN'S GENOCIDE. - During his campaign, he massacred hundreds and thousands of innocent people he didn't like. - To spread terror among the people, he had some of his ministers beheaded for small mistakes and even kept some of them in a large refrigerator as a warning to those who opposed him. - Anyone caught smuggling would be killed by his soldiers or tortured and then massacred. - He had his own secret police to torture thousands of people and then have them killed with a club and many women and girls were raped .
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