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| Former Uganda National Army | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Isaac Lumago Amin Onzi[1] |
| Dates of operation | 1980–1996/1997 |
| Active regions | Northern Uganda, Zaire, and Sudan |
| Ideology | Idi Amin loyalism |
| Size | ~1,500[2] |
| Allies |  Uganda under Okello Saudi Arabia |
| Opponents | Uganda under Obote Uganda under Museveni National Resistance Army UNRF I |
| Battles and wars | Ugandan Bush War War in Uganda (1986–1994) |
The Former Uganda National Army (abbreviated as FUNA) was a Ugandan rebel group active during the Ugandan Bush War and the subsequent insurgencies in the country. The group claimed to be a continuation of the Uganda Army under Idi Amin and was made up mostly of Amin loyalists. It came to be led by General Isaac Lumago and Brigadier Amin Onzi. The group was mainly active in Northern Uganda as well as Zaire and Sudan, where they operated rear bases and acquired weapons and equipment.[3]
Initially, the group fought against the government of Milton Obote until 1985, when military officer Tito Okello launched a coup and ousted Obote's government. From then until the ascension of Yoweri Museveni as president in 1986, the FUNA supported Okello's government against the rebelling National Resistance Movement.[2] After Museveni took power, FUNA once again became a rebel movement. FUNA disbanded in the late 1990s and many of its fighters joined the UNRF II and the West Nile Bank Front.
- ^ "The Military Under Amin". globalsecurity.org. Global Security. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ a b Harden, Blaine (20 January 1986). "Ugandans Learn to Live With Chronic Tribal War". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick (January 2008). "Collapse, War, and Reconstruction in Uganda – An Analytical Narrative on State-Making" (PDF). lse.ac.uk. Crisis States Working Papers Series No.2. Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University. ISSN 1749-1800. Retrieved 7 October 2021.