By Patrick Kamara An adrenalin filled war junky see things he will never forget June 8, 1998 remains a day of untold grief in the Rwenzori region, in south western Uganda. It reminds many of the gory images after the deadly attack on Kicwamba Technical College by rebels of the …
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By Patrick Kamara The story of the September 26, 1998 crash in the Rwenzori mountain ranges of an aircraft carrying Lt. Col. Jet Mwebaze and others from the DR Congo had been broken by Andrew Mwenda in The Daily Monitor. I wanted to do it better as I was nearer …
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By Patrick Kamara Even in the late 1990s, Fort-Portal town in western Uganda was a clean little town with its well-kept flower-lined roads. This capital of Kabarole District is also home of the Tooro kingdom at the foot of the incredibly beautiful Rwenzori Mountains. Back then, despite the Allied Democratic …
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By Patrick Kamara In the late 1990s, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighting President Yoweri Museveni’s government had their bases inside the Democratic Republic of Congo. In areas of Mungwallo, Kasenyi, Butembo, and just around the western side of the Rwenzori mountain which stretches into the DR Congo. They would …
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By Patrick Kamara April 6, 2002 is a day that Thomas Dyilo Lubanga, then-Congolese rebel leader with over 15,000 fighters in the Eastern DR Congo city of Bunia will never forget. At the time, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighting President Yoweri Museveni’s government had their bases inside the Democratic …
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