Popular Resistance Army

Popular Resistance Army
LeadersYoweri Museveni
Dates of operationc. 1980/1981 – June 1981
Active regionsSouthwestern Uganda
Battles and warsUgandan Bush War

The Popular Resistance Army, also known as Movement for the Struggle for Political Rights,[1] was a rebel group organized around late 1980 and early 1981 by Yoweri Museveni to fight against the regime of Milton Obote in Uganda. It was a predecessor of the National Resistance Army. It relied on military strength and dependence on civilian material assistance to conduct its operations.[2] When it held territory, it would hold elections for committees which managed their villages.[3]

  1. ^ Seftel 2010, p. 262.
  2. ^ Kasfir, Nelson (2005). "Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 43 (2): 271–296. doi:10.1017/S0022278X05000832. ISSN 0022-278X. JSTOR 3876207.
  3. ^ Kasfir, Nelson (2005). "Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 43 (2): 271–296. doi:10.1017/S0022278X05000832. ISSN 0022-278X. JSTOR 3876207.