592 Chapter 5
Date(s): January 1971 to April 20, 1971
Participants: 500 Uganda/625 Sudan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Uganda threatened to take defensive action against Sudan if attacks by
guerillas based there did not stop before 8 p.m. on April 20, 1971. Uganda also sent a
note to Sudan protesting previous incidents carried out by Sudan in Uganda. In Janu-
ary 1971, Uganda claimed that Sudanese troops had kidnapped Ugandans and also
that, on March 25, 1971, Sudan had fired on a Ugandan place in Ugandan airspace.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from April 20, 1971.
MID#1404
Dispute Number: 1404
Date(s): December 14, 1971 to December 16, 1971
Participants: 625 Sudan/500 Uganda
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Sudanese troops fought Southern Sudanese secessionists in northern
Uganda. Uganda threatened to use force to expel the Sudanese forces.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from December 15, 1971.
MID#1382
Started in July 1974. See the narrative in the 500 Uganda/510 Tanzania dyad dispute
list.
MID#3912
Dispute Number: 3912
Date(s): November 15, 1989 to April 2, 1990
Participants: 625 Sudan/500 Uganda
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: A Sudanese warplane bombed government buildings in Moyo, Uganda, on
November 15, 1989. Uganda was tolerant of fighters from the rebel Sudan People’s
Liberation Army using its territory as a safe haven and to launch attacks. Sudan pro-
tested, and the bombing began a series of cross-border attacks against rebel positions.
Additional attacks occurred in December and early February 1990 before the two
countries negotiated a nonaggression pact, signed on April 2.
Coding changes: End Date changed from February 3, 1990.
MID#4078
Dispute Number: 4078