March 23, 2023
Uganda: Museveni Flags Off Military Uniforms Manufactured By Nytil for Export to Equatorial Guinea
President Museveni has flagged off the export of military consignments manufactured by Southern Ranger Nyanza Limited(Nytil)to Equatorial Guinea. Read more »
March 21, 2023
Somalia: Museveni Gives Somalia President Tips On Building an Army, Peace
President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Somalia to consider building a People's National Army with the correct ideology of defending their country for peace to prevail so… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Uganda: UPDF Backed Uwezo Sacco Ready to Offer Benchmarking Lessons to Pdm
Uwezo Cooperative and Investment Society which is owned by members of the Operation Wealth Creation has said it is ready to offer benchmarking lessons to saccos under the newly… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Uganda: UPDF Kill Most Wanted ADF Commander
The combined armed forces of UPDF and Congolese FARDC have killed one of the most wanted and top Allied Democratic Forces(ADF) commander, Elias Ssegujja. Read more »
March 08, 2023
Uganda: Gen Mbadi Roots for Signing of MOU With Togolese Armed Forces
The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces, General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, has called for a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UPDF and… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Uganda: Museveni Puts Military Generals On Standby As Tension Grips South Sudan
Uganda 's military adventurism is set to be tested again in South Sudan, as President Museveni put his military generals on standby to come to the rescue- again of his counterpart… Read more »
February 24, 2023
East Africa: UPDF Participates in Us' Largest Military Drills in East Africa
The Ugandan army, the UPDF was among the participants in the just concluded largest military exercise in East Africa by the United States, African partner nations and multinational… Read more »
February 15, 2023
Uganda: UPDF Recalls 4000 Veterans for Deployment in Somalia
The Ugandan army, UPDF has started the process of recalling veteran to help back-up the soldiers deployed in Somalia as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission, ATMIS. Read more »
February 09, 2023
Uganda: UPDF Soldiers Off to Kenya for Joint Military Drills
The UPDF contingent has been flagged off to Kenya for joint drills with their 20 other countries code named "Justified Accord" 2023 (JA 23). Read more »
February 07, 2023
Uganda: MPs Question Salary Disparities in UPDF, Puzzled With Huge Salaries of Generals Who Do "Nothing"
Members of Parliament who sit on the Defence Committee are concerned with the unfairness in salary enhancements of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) which have seen… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Uganda: Museveni Receives Highest Military Decoration in Uganda for Role in Creation of UPDF
President Museveni has together with his younger brother, Gen Salim Saleh been awarded with the "Order of Katonga", the highest military decoration of the Ugandan honour… Read more »
February 05, 2023
East Africa: EAC Leaders Meet in Burundi, Call for "Immediate Ceasefire" in DRC
East African leaders on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Easter Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the extra-ordinary EAC summit held in Burundi's… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Uganda: Kony Could Face More Charges As ICC Resurrects Hunt for LRA Leader
The office of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it will consider a move to slap more charges against Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Rwanda: President Kagame's Son Joins Presidential Guard
Rwandan First Son, 2nd Lt Ian Kagame has joined the elite Presidential Guard in the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF). Read more »
January 12, 2023
Uganda: Muslims Worried By Increased Scrutiny of Madrasas By Security Agencies
The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has decried the increased scrutiny of madrasas by security agencies accusing them of being breeding grounds for terrorism. Read more »
January 13, 2023
Uganda: How Suspected Suicide Bomber Operated Explosive-Making Lab in Kampala
Intelligence organs have arrested a man in Salaama, a Kampala suburb suspected to be an agent of Allied Democratic Forces and at his two bedroomed house was an explosive making… Read more »
January 07, 2023
Uganda: Kamapla Deputy Lord Mayor Slams 'Gun Rule' of Nation
Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura, has said the militarization of elections has now taken a new dimension, calling upon Ugandans to rise up and kick "gun rule" out of the… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Uganda: UPDF Soldiers Raid Police Station - Rescue Colleagues Arrested Over Staging Illegal Roadblocks to Rob Residents
Police in Kampala have kicked off investigations into circumstances under which a group of UPDF soldiers raided a police station to rescue colleagues who had earlier been arrested… Read more »
January 02, 2023
Somalia: UPDF Soldier Shoots Three Colleagues Dead in Somalia, Arrested
Investigations have kicked off into circumstances under which a UPDF soldier under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) shot three of his colleagues dead in… Read more »
January 01, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Regional Force Takes Over Town After M23 Withdrawal
The East African Community Regional Forces (EACRF) deployed in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over two territories formally under control of the M23 fighters. Read more »
December 27, 2022
Tanzania: American Warship That Excited Ugandan Opposition Returns, Docks in Tanzania
The American Warship dubbed emeeri by the Ugandans returned and docked in Tanzania during Christmas. Read more »
December 24, 2022
Uganda: EU Provides Additional Shs5.8 Billion to Support DR Congo Refugees in Uganda
The European Union (EU) has announced an additional Euros 1.5 million (Shs5.8 billion) contribution to UN refugee agency, UNHCR to support Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Hails U.S. for Steering Clear of Russia-Ukraine Politics During African Leaders Summit
President Museveni has praised US president Joe Biden for refraining from engaging African presidents in the Russia-Ukraine during the just concluded US-Africa leaders' summit. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Uganda: You Are Trained to Protect Ugandans, SFC Commander Tells Soldiers
The commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), Brig David Mugisha has called on soldiers to put their military training to practice in order to protect Ugandans. Read more »
December 22, 2022
Uganda: UPDF Has Its Foot Prints in Our History , Says Somalia President
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has applauded the role played by the UPDF) in pacifying the horn of Africa country since 2007. Read more »