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  • Museveni once was viewed by many as a champion of democracy, having been involved in the armed struggles to overthrow corrupt and autocratic Ugandan Presidents Idi Amin and Milton Obote.

    Mixed Legacy for Uganda’s 'Walk to Work' Protests 2011

  • The former bush rebel, whose insurgency toppled the brutal regime of Milton Obote in 1986, was widely dismissed as a myopic warmonger who couldn't see past a military solution to the problem.

    Museveni Versus al Shabab Ioannis Gatsiounis 2011

  • Getty Images Politician Milton Obote on his return to Uganda on May 1, 1980, following his exile.

    A Return to Tumult 2011

  • The regimes of Idi Amin in the 1970s and Milton Obote in the early 1980s were characterized by the slaughtering of suspected enemies and economic upheaval.

    As Uganda Protests Ease, Each Side Claims Momentum Will Connors 2011

  • The son of cattle farmers, Mr. Museveni overthrew Mr. Obote following a drawn-out guerrilla war and brought general stability.

    A Return to Tumult 2011

  • The regimes of Mr. Amin in the 1970s and Milton Obote in the early 1980s were characterized by the slaughtering of suspected enemies and economic upheaval.

    A Return to Tumult 2011

  • But a disagreement with Obote a year later led to Binaisa's resignation and he returned to private law practice.

    Godfrey Binaisa Shola Adenekan 2010

  • He married Irene Kabamori and, with Milton Obote as president, helped rewrite the constitution in 1967.

    Godfrey Binaisa Shola Adenekan 2010

  • He was doing well as a lawyer until 1972, when Amin, having ousted Obote in a coup, branded Binaisa a Zionist sympathiser because he was an attorney for the Israeli embassy.

    Godfrey Binaisa Shola Adenekan 2010

  • The son of cattle farmers, Mr. Museveni overthrew Mr. Obote in 1986, following a drawn-out guerrilla war, and brought general stability.

    As Uganda Protests Ease, Each Side Claims Momentum Will Connors 2011

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