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1962: Uganda Gains Independence From Great Britain

Uganda (Yuganda in Ugandan languages), officially the Republic of Uganda (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Ugandaa nne), is a country in East Africa

Uganda was ruled by the British beginning in the late 1800s and it gained independence on Oct. 9, 1962.

Tadese Faforiji

Tadese Faforiji is the founder of Tadexprof, a travel and nature site covering world's destinations worth visiting. He started the site covering local travel in Nigeria and has since expanded it into US national park guides, with plans to document more of the world firsthand going forward.