!!!Uganda %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Uganda' type='embedded' zoom='bounds' width='450' height='350'}] %% [{Image src='ug-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] [{Image src='uganda.jpg' class='image_left' }] The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences prevented the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. A constitutional referendum in 2005 cancelled a 19-year ban on multi-party politics. %%menu-geo %%cols-r * %%icon-geo,geo %% [Geography|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Geography] * %%icon-geo,maps %% [Maps|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Maps] * %%icon-geo,culture %% [Culture|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Culture] ---- * %%icon-geo,special %% [Special Information|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Special_Information] * %%icon-geo,picture %% [Pictures|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Pictures] * %%icon-geo,community %% [Community Contributions|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Community_Contributions] %% %%