The World - News from May 28, 1985

Ugandan rebels said they have opened a second front, in western Uganda, the first expansion of their four-year war against President Milton Obote’s government. Diplomats in Uganda speculated that the move was a reaction to a campaign by the army and its North Korean advisers to crush rebels in their strongholds north of the capital of Kampala. Thousands of troops have been used in the government push, which started more than a year ago, forcing at least 100,000 civilians in the area to flee.