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Encyclopedia > Odong Latek

Justine Odong Latek[1] was a brigadier in the government Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) . Following the victory of Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA) in 1986, Latek formed the rebel Uganda People's Democratic Army (UPDA). On 20 August 1986, the UPDA began attacks upon NRA units in Acholiland. However, the UPDA was unable to wrest control of the population centers from the NRA. Brigadier is a rank which is used in different ways by different countries. ... UNLA (Uganda National Liberation Army) is the military arm of the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF). ... Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (born c. ... The National Resistance Army (NRA) began as a guerilla army of Uganda in the 1980s, led by Yoweri Museveni. ... The Uganda Peoples Democratic Army (UPDA) was a rebel group operating in northern Uganda from March 1986 to June 1988. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | Uganda ...


Following a 21 March 1987 meeting with the NRA, General Salim Saleh flew to the UPDA base and met with Latek, who is reported to have stated his support for the peace agreement. However, in May the UPDA replaced Latek with Angelo Okello, who had been commander of the UPDA Division One in Gulu. Okello signed a peace agreement on 3 June 1988.[2] A 1997 report states that Latek and several UPDA units loyal to him did not take place in the peace talks on the advice of the UPDA political wing in London.[3] Latek and his followers then joined the Lord's Resistance Army to continue fighting. According to the recollection of a captured LRA commander, in September 1987 Latek met with LRA leader Joseph Kony, who appointed Latek overall military commander.[4] March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Caleb Akandwanaho (14 January 1960-), popularly known as Salim Saleh, is a general in the UPDF, the armed forces of Uganda. ... Location of Gulu within Uganda. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Lords Resistance Army (LRA)[1], formed in 1987, is a rebel paramilitary group operating mainly in northern Uganda. ... Joseph Kony Joseph Kony (born 1961 in Odek, a village to east of Gulu in northern Uganda) is the primary leader of a guerrilla paramilitary group, and possibly new religious movement, called the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), that is engaged in a violent campaign to establish a theocratic government...


According to reports, Latek was killed by NRA units while in the Nyono Hills in 1989.


Notes and references

  1. ^ Commonly referred to simply as Odong Latek. Tim Allen, "Understanding Alice: Uganda's Holy Spirit Movement in Context" Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 61, No. 3, Diviners, Seers and Prophets in Eastern Africa (1991) , pp. 370-399 refers to him as Justin, while sources referring to him as Justine include Richard M. Kavuma, "Ghosts from Nairobi 1985 haunt Museveni in Acholi", The Monitor, 28 March 2004 and Lamwaka, Caroline. "The peace process in northern Uganda 1986-1990" in Okello Lucima, ed., Accord magazine: Protracted conflict, elusive peace: Initiatives to end the violence in northern Uganda, 2002. Given that English language names are often of secondary importance, the use of a normally feminine given name is not inconceivable.
  2. ^ Kavuma, op. cit.
  3. ^ The Anguish of Northern Uganda, Government of USA, 2 October 1997
  4. ^ After the Last Fight, New Vision, 25 November 2004

 

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