Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The disbandment of police posts is to blame for the increasing level of crime in various areas in Mukono district, the local council-LC I chairpersons have revealed. This comes two months after police merged 129 police posts across the country as one of the measures …
Read More »Military police commander rallies officers to adopt modern skills to fight criminality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Don Nabasa, the Commandant of the Military Police has rallied officers to adopt Information and Communication Technology-ICT skills and related modern technologies in the fight against criminality. He made the call while passing out 113 officers sourced from different units of the Uganda …
Read More »Terrorism has no tribe or religion, be professional – Prince Nakibinge advises security
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prince Kassim Nakibinge has called upon security agencies to desist from associating Islam and Muslims to criminality and terrorism in particular. Prince Nakibinge was speaking at the swearing-in event of the new Supreme Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Shaban Galabuzi at Kibuli mosque. The Prince expressed dismay …
Read More »Despair, jihadism and revolt: Mali’s torn heart
Mopti, Mali | AFP | Untroubled by time, the mighty Niger River glides through the Sahel city as women wash their clothes in its brackish waters and cows slumber nearby in the heat. But this peaceful image is an illusion, for Mopti, a city of 150,000 people, is on a dark, …
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