Who ousted Idi Amin?The Ugandan-Tanzania War,

Who ousted Idi Amin?
The Ugandan-Tanzania War,

Who ousted Idi Amin?
The Ugandan-Tanzania War, also known as the Kagera War within Tanzania, was a brief conflict from October 1978 to June 1979. The conflict itself began following a series of provocations by the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, culminating in the invasion of Tanzanian territory bounded by the Kagera River by Ugandan forces.

The broader conflict had roots in strained relations since 1971, when Idi Amin overthrew Nyerere’s ally, Milton Obote. After the initial Ugandan invasion, Tanzania mobilized its forces, expelled the Ugandans from its territory, and then launched a full-scale invasion to overthrow Amin’s brutal regime. Nyerere also mobilised Ugandan rebels loyal to Obote and Yoweri Museveni to weaken Amin’s regime.

Nyerere ordered his troops to invade Uganda in response. Tanzanian Army and rebel forces successfully captured Kampala in 1979 and ousted Amin from power. Amin went into exile, first in Libya, then Iraq, and finally in Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death in 2003.