The Uganda–Tanzania War began when the forces of Idi Amin, who ruled Uganda, occupied the Kagera Salient in northern Tanzania, which Amin claimed as Ugandan territory. Tanzania's president Julius Nyerere, who had given refuge to Amin's opponents, mobilised the army and volunteers, and drove the Ugandans out before crossing the border. Joined by Ugandan exile groups, Tanzanian troops advanced and took the capital Kampala in April 1979. Amin fled, first to Libya and later to Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death in 2003. Fighting continued in remote areas for some weeks. The war ended his violent regime, but Uganda remained unstable in the years that followed.
Before and after
- September 1978Human insulin is made in bacteria
- 17 September 1978Camp David Accords
- 28 September 1978Death of John Paul I
- 1 October 1978Founding of Tuvalu
- from 9 October 1978 to 3 June 1979Uganda–Tanzania War
- November 1978Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
- 8 December 1978Death of Golda Meir
- 18 December 1978Deng Xiaoping launches China's 'reform and opening up'
- 19791979 energy crisis
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