406 Chapter 4
Participants: 500 Uganda/200 United Kingdom
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In response to what he called a British media propaganda campaign, on
November 7, 1974, President Amin of Uganda put his military on alert. Most specu-
lated that the worries were fabricated, and the military alert was actually in order to
quell unrest among the ranks. On February 16, 1975, Amin again renewed this claim,
threatening the lives of British citizens within the Ugandan borders if the British
media propaganda campaign continued. No other military actions occurred within this
dispute for at least six months, but the outcome is unclear because, in January 1975,
Amin sent a message to the queen informing her that he wished to visit the following
August. The message was never answered by Great Britain, and the government never
commented on the February 16 threat.
Coding changes: End Date changed from Missing.
200 United Kingdom/520 Somalia
MID#1426
Started in December 1963. See the narrative in the 501 Kenya/520 Somalia dyad
dispute list.
200 United Kingdom/552 Zimbabwe
MID#1804
Started in November 1965. See the narrative in the 551 Zambia/552 Zimbabwe dyad
dispute list.
MID#4354
Dispute Number: 4354
Date(s): August 26, 2002
Participants: 200 United Kingdom/552 Zimbabwe
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Britain threatened that it would intervene in Zimbabwe to protect white
land-owning farmers during a land reform program in the country. Zimbabwe pledged
that it would respond in kind.
211 BELGIUM/490 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
MID#1321
Dispute Number: 1321
Date(s): July 5, 1960 to September 2, 1960