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Oyapa had reportedly gone into hiding after the alleged rape offence. He was arrested in Bukedea District in Eastern Uganda ...
Security experts, analysts, and civil society leaders have convened in Kampala to dissect the persistent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its growing implications on regional ...
The Ugandan army said Thursday it had taken control of the Democratic Republic of Congo towns of Kasenyi and Tchomia to ...
Uganda army kills two "armed terrorists" in Kampala after a bomb explosion ahead of today’s Martyr's Day celebrations, local ...
The bill – known as the 2025 Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill – substantially revises Uganda’s military justice system. If signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni ...
The Ugandan government introduced a bill in parliament on Tuesday that would allow military tribunals to prosecute civilians, months after the country's Supreme Court ruled the practice ...
he said. "Bunia will soon be in UPDF hands," he said in a separate post, referring to the Uganda People's Defence Force. Congo's Prime Minister Judith Suminwa told Reuters on the sidelines of an ...
The Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt Gen Sam Okiding, has urged Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Defence Attachés and Advisors to act as committed advocates of Uganda’s interests in their ...
Uganda defence forces are wasting no effort to showcasing their manufacturing capabilities for military products, but a government audit report highlight shows subsidiaries are yet to break even.
The appointment comes days after President Museveni on February 17 presented the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Establishment 2021, an instrument of delegated Command, Control ...
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has been in the news this week. Last week, the Commander-in-Chief, the all-powerful Gen Yoweri T Museveni, also known as the ‘Ssabalwanyi’ (chief ...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a Chui armoured vehicle. (Uganda People's Defence Forces) The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) have a new type of infantry fighting vehicle (IFV ...