Republic of Uganda

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Republic of Uganda - a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 Uganda Lord's Resistance Army - a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army East Africa - a geographical area in eastern Africa Buganda - a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom Entebbe - a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers) Jinja - a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria Gulu - a city in northern Uganda Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Lake Edward - a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda Nile, Nile River - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization Ugandan - a native or inhabitant of Uganda