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September 2019

UPDF Marines Kill Two Fish Dealers,Injure 12 Residents

Soldiers attached to Fisheries Department on Sunday shot and killed two people as well as injuring 14 others. The soldiers, according to the report, fired live bullets while chasing fishmongers in Tooro Semliki game reserve. Police Spokesperson for Rwenzori West region, Lydia
September 26, 2019

Former French president Chirac Passes on at 86

Former French president Jacques Chirac, a colossal figure in France’s politics for three decades, has died at the age of 86, his family told AFP on Thursday. The Centre-right Chirac rose to prominence as mayor of Paris before becoming prime minister and
September 26, 2019

Ignorant Ugandan Women MPs To Go For Mentoring Courses

Political Parties and governments should provide mentoring programmes to encourage women and girls to stand for elective positions. This was one of the four recommendations endorsed by the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians at the ongoing week-long 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at the
September 26, 2019

French Army To Train UPDF On Mountains Fighting

The Ambassador of France to Uganda H.E Jules Armand Aniambossou has met with Uganda’s Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) Hon Adolf Mwesige. The meeting, held at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs in Kampala, focused on how to strengthen
September 26, 2019

Uganda ,Russia sign Nuclear Energy Deal

September 17, 2019, on the side-lines of the 63rd IAEA General conference in Vienna the Governments of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Uganda signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. On behalf of
September 19, 2019

UPDF To Head UN Military teams To Patrol DRC Over new Rebel Groups

The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has met Mr Youssef Mahmoud and his team from the High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations for the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo(MONUSCO),at the headquarters
September 17, 2019

Common Wealth Delegates Tour Source of the Nile, Equator

Visiting delegates will tour the Source of the Nile, the Equator and Namugongo Martyrs Shrine as part of the excursion during the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The sites together with Kagulu Hills in Buyende district have been selected as they provide unique tourist
September 17, 2019