• —In 1971 Idi Amin seized power in a military coup
• —He ruled for 8 years
• —This was a period of massive human rights violations, economic decline, social disintagration,
• —Most infrastructure for basic services was destroyed
• —Amin develpoed a powerfull army
• —He murdered his political opponunts
• —And he ordered the killing for an estimated 300,000 people
• —In 1979, Uganda went bankrupt
• —They got massive loans from Arab states, who liked Amin
• —Uganda went to war with Tanzania in late 1978
• —Tanzanian foces allied themselves with Ugandan rebels, and drove Amin out of the country in early 1979

Idi Amin

President Obote

• —In 1980, Obote became the president of Uganda
• —Uganda had changed radically since he had been the president
• —The nation had suffered prolonged economic disaster
• —There were few jobs, excessive crime, a famine in the north, and no effective government in the countryside
• —In 1982, anti-government guerillas became active, and bloody group feuds flourished
• —Thousands of young men were arrested, suspected of being guerillas
• —Obote’s management became as murderous and powerful as Amin’s
• —More then 100,000 Ugandans were killed or starved to death over the next 3 years

President Museveni

• —In July 1984 an army lead by Yoweri Museveni overthrew the government and took over the county
• —Involving all ethnic group and most of main political parties they largely succeeded in peace
• —Only the northern border near Sudan remain not peaceful where they were still small rebel groups
• —They then begin to rebuilt the county with help from many other counties
• —In 1996 Museveni was reelected and is still in power today

Yoweri Museveni

• —Uganda doesn’t yet have human rights, because they have had a long history of civil war within their country
• —The older leaders in Uganda still have some supporters
• —They have only started to rebuild Uganda in the last 28  years
• —In conclusion, they are working towards better human rights in Uganda, and it is getting better each year