Tel Aviv declassifies files of the 1976 Entebbe commando raid via Kenya to free 102 Israeli hostages

Tel Aviv declassifies files of the 1976 Entebbe commando raid via Kenya to free 102 Israeli hostages

According to the documents, Israel took a two-pronged approach. It pushed forward France-led negotiations with Ugandan President Idi Amin, while mocking up blueprints of the airport and preparing to send transport planes to Kenya

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Uganda hurtling to new monarchised military: From Obote ‘Original Sin’ to soldier-king in the making

Uganda hurtling to new monarchised military: From Obote ‘Original Sin’ to soldier-king in the making

This was the political status quo on October 9, 1963, when CWRU was renamed Uganda, and its governance placed in the hands of an Executive Prime Minister Apollo Milton Obote, and a ceremonial president, Sir Edward Muteesa II, and ceremonial vice-president, Sir William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Gabula Nadiope II.

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