Ugandan Rebel Group Advances
From Reuters
KAMPALA, Uganda —
Uganda’s most powerful rebel group has seized control of Masaka, the country’s third-largest town, and appears to be preparing to march on the capital, travelers returning from the Masaka area said today.
The travelers said rebels of the National Resistance Army overran Masaka, 80 miles west of here, late Monday, and it appeared that they were preparing to march on Kampala. The move came as Uganda’s new military strongman, Lt. Gen. Tito Okello, waited for the group to join peace talks in Tanzania.
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