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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF 3rd Infantry Division has announced an extension period for forceful disarmament of armed Karimojong warriors for another three months. The 3rd Division Commander, Brig. Joseph Balikubembe announced the extension on November 17th in Moroto saying the extended time is to allow the UPDF …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Radio Network-URN has obtained details of the five soldiers convicted last week by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial sitting in Mogadishu for killing civilians in Somalia. The convicts are R0/13537 Captain Charles Asiimwe, RA164787 Corporal Edison Bwambale, RAV/171317 Corporal Alexander Babu, …

An analysis of tweets by the First Son and UPDF Commander of Land Forces COMMENT | IAN KATUSIIME | Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s son and Commander of Land Forces in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has turned Twitter into a stream of his unfiltered thoughts to …

Ibanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ibanda police are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier and civilian accused of kidnapping and killing a boda boda rider. The suspects are RA143341 CPL Musitafa Kajoomu alias Joseph Muwanga Jajja from Mukono and Michael Ahimbisibwe, a resident of Bushenyi district. Another suspect identified …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Two Ugandan soldiers accused of killing seven Somali civilians in August while serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) have been sentenced to death while three others to 39 years each in jail after being found guilty by a court-martial. AMISOM said the Court Martial …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is holding 11 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldier in a bar. The deceased was identified as Joseph Magoola who had been deployed to guard road construction equipment belonging to China Chongqing International …

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF, have been deployed in Kisita gold mining area, Kassanda district. More than 30,000 people, among them artisanal miners had occupied the gold mining area in the last four years and had declined to vacate the area claiming legal …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF has begun training the Local Defence Unit personnel who have been serving in Karamoja as a step toward integration into the national army. There has been a public outcry about the conduct of the LDUs in Karamoja, with some of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of the European Union (EU) delegation in Uganda, Ambassador Attilio Pacifici says he has called for sanctions for perpetrators who attack journalists. Pacifici was speaking during the EU-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) event in commemoration of the International day to …

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) officer has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a businessman and demanding ransom. Captain Apollo Kwesiga aged 32, attached to Masaka Armoured Brigade is currently held at Rukiga police station together with Benon Arinaitwe, 37, a driver and Patience Nsiime. …