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Ugandan rebel leader reported killed in fighting
March 16, 1997
Web posted at: 2:58 p.m. EST (1958 GMT)KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- Ugandan rebel leader Colonel Juma Oris was killed in a weekend clash between his West Nile Bank Front (WNBF) and the Uganda army, military sources said in Kampala on Sunday.
The sources said Oris was among several WNBF rebels killed in a battle near the Uganda-Sudan border on Saturday. Oris, a close associate of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, formed the WNBF in 1993 to overthrow Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
The Uganda army recently stepped up operations against the rebels, who had been driven from their former bases in neighboring Zaire by rebels who now control areas along the Uganda border.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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