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The United Nations is finally having to confront what most observers already know: Its limited but unconditional support for a Congolese army operation to disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Congo has made a bad situation worse.
THE defence state minister, Maj. Gen. Jeje Odongo, has cautioned UPDF officers against reckless lifestyles, saying they could pay for it with their own lives.
An inter-ministerial committee has given its approval for the dispossession of powerful individuals who own land in the Mau complex. The decision sets the stage for a politically loaded round of dispossession expected to begin as soon as the Cabinet meets to discuss the plan, which could happen as early as Thursday.
Hundreds of soldiers who served in UNAMSIL, the UN peacekeeping mission to Sierra Leone, in 2001 are among those to be removed from the Mau Forest in the next phases of the government eviction exercise, investigations by the Sunday Nation reveal.
The State Minister for Defence, Lt Gen. Jeje Odongo, has re-echoed President Museveni's appeal to the senior military officers not to live a reckless life to avoid meeting sudden end to their lives.
Three UPDF soldiers died on Thursday morning in a motor accident in Djibouti, hours after they arrived in capital of Djibouti for the East African Brigade training exercise.
SUSPECTED Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of South Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.
Charles Taylor helped three major Sierra Leonean rebel commanders to reconcile their differences but such reconciliation was not for purposes of a military takeover of the country, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today in The Hague.
The Human Rights Watch has urged the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute members of security forces implicated in the killing of more than 130 civilians in Jos, about a year ago, and those involved in series of subsequent abuses.
The African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops from Burundi and Uganda deployed in Somalia have not been paid since May this year, an official has said.
The Group of Experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has delivered on its mandate, producing a report that seems to be well-researched and detailed in its accusations against those giving support to the rebel outfit, FDLR.
The Regional Minister and Chairman of the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC), Mark Woyongo, has endorsed or justified what has been described as "ill and unprofessional" conduct of some soldiers, who allegedly brutalised and stripped naked two suspects in the Bawku conflict.
A block of 12 bedroom flats worth about 80 million naira and a road of about 3 kilometers have been commissioned by the Minister of Defence , Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd) were commissioned at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday in Abuja.
The President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of The Gambia Armed Forces, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, has with effect from yesterday, demoted Lt Colonel Kawsu Camara, alias Bombadier, to a private and dismissed him from the Gambia Armed Forces, a press release from the Office of the President reveals.
Following a press release with both the print and electronic media on what the military calls the unnecessary usage of military gears, the Armed Forces spokesperson Lt Omar Bojang said their efforts are not successful. He urged the general public to surrender all military gears to the nearest Barracks.
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has commended the Amnesty programme initiated by President Umaru Yar'Adua to end the militancy in the Niger Delta region.
Lately, the Federal Government is beginning to demonstrate what could pass for a genuine eagerness to transform the long-neglected but oil-rich Niger delta region.
The well-documented critical skills shortage in the South African Air Force is as bad as ever, if not worse, with Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu yesterday acknowledging huge shortages of pilots, technical staff and engineers.
While addressing people in Kalita, Nakapiripirit district, on November 13, Col (rtd) Dr. Kiiza Besigye, promised to give guns to the people in that district. This pronouncement aims to reverse the achievements so far registered by the disarmament programme.
Ahead of the local government elections in Bayelsa State , ex-militant leader, Joshua Maciver has joined over t200 other aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that underwent screening for the Chairmanship positions in the eight councils scheduled for April 3, next year.
Is the Federal Government handling the post amnesty package for the Niger Delta ex-militant well? Is it fair in the sharing of the N200billion earmarked for the militants in the Niger Delta states?
The Lord's Resistance Army rebels have abducted 24 people and killed one in a remote corner of Central African Republic, 850km east of the capital Bangui, the army said yesterday.
THE Government is committed to the campaign against landmines, relief and disaster preparedness minister Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere has said.
Members of opposition political parties, who contributed to the National Resistance Army (NRA) liberation war, are entitled to gratuity, the state minister for Luweero Triangle, Nyombi Tembo, has said.
A top Ugandan army official Thursday strongly refuted allegations in the explosive report from a UN group of experts which cites Uganda as a transit route for FDLR weapons and recruits.
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