NYERERE & KAGERA WAR-4: Kagera War: Lessons and challenges
Then Commander-in-Chief of Tanzania’s armed forces Julius Nyerere in one of his visits of the Kagera War front line. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
The Kagera War that Tanzania fought with Uganda in the late 1970s is an important event in Tanzania and global history. This special report highlights some of the successes, lessons and challenges of the war
ON CHALLENGES: The government in Dar es Salaam had to foot the bill for the invasion and subsequent peacekeeping role from its own coffers, further driving the country into poverty.Records show that the country did not fully recover from the cost of the war until Uganda paid back Tanzania’s debt in 2007
