Ankole (1983: Doomsday)



 The Kingdom of Ankole (also spelled Nkole) is a nation in Eastern Africa.

Pre-Doomsday
The Kingdom of Nkole was an independent kingdom since the early XVII Century, like several other kingdoms in Uganda. The kingdom, however, lost independence in 1910 when the United Kingdom annexed it after a treaty. However, even after the British annexation of Nkole, the strong castal system and the differences between pastoral Hima and agricultural Iru.

The kingdom stopped being an independent administration after Idi Amin's dictatorship. However, Ankole was still considered a distinct region when the Uganda Bush War started.

Doomsday
Although Uganda wasn't hit by any nuclear devices by itself, all help in the stopped.

Post-Doomsday
Far less damaged that Buganda or other ex-Ugandan states, Ankole was not a center of any major conflicts throughout the war, and few Nkole people died. However, the Nkole feeling of nationalism also grew strong, and declared independence in August 10, 1985, being the last state to declare independence from Uganda.

Refugee Crisis
Ntare VI was crowned King of Ankole the following day. However, problems soon began to arise within the new nation; the only real source of water was Lake Edward, which was only partially controlled by Ankole, and immigration was coming at huge levels from the south, territories close to anarchy. Most immigrants were Hutu and Tutsi immigrants from Burundi and Rwanda respectively, trying to escape genocide and death in their home countries.

Ntare moved quickly in order to expulse the immigrants from his country. Recruiting a large Hima militia, Ntare moved south and expulsed the Tutsi immigrants back into the south.

Iru-Hima Tension
After the expulsion of most refugees back into the anarchy and the dissolution of the Hima militia, Iru communities, feeling oppressed by the Hima government, began protesting against the strong inequalities they suffered.

King Ntare, as a Hima, didn't help the Iru in their pledge, however, and tensions began to mount within the nation.

The strong amount of conflicts amounted to a conflict in early 1990 when a group of Iru protesters got hold of some of the militia's weapons and opened fire on them.

Quickly calling the militia to mobilize again, Ntare attacked several Iru towns in revolt. After the defeat of the rebels (in part thanks to Busogan help), the Ankole government agreed to make the Iru equal to the Hima, and to democratize. This new system, similar to the Ganda one, also ended the rigid cast system that made interaction between people dependent on cattle, and instead made the society freer. This reforms made Ankole into one of the most democratic nations in former Uganda.

Kayunga War
Busoga went into war with Buganda in 1993 when a small incident between the local armies in Kayunga ended in a declaration of war by the Busogan tribal council. Ankole, in order to thank the Busogan government for their help in the conflict against the Iru, begins supporting the Busogan government without outright going to war.