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Turmoil: SFC Commandos Storm Juba Amid Rising Tensions

Uganda has dispatched special forces to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to bolster security amid escalating tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President, Riek Machar. The deployment, confirmed by Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, comes as

March 12, 2025

Politics·Security

Uganda Decides 2021: Army, Police Chiefs Face US Sanctions Over Protestor Killings

Uganda is due to hold a general election in January of 2021. Opposition presidential candidates have accused security forces of brutally breaking up their rallies and beating their supporters. In November, one of the candidates – Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine

December 12, 2020

Business·Security

Worry As Illicit Financial Flows Threaten Security & Stability In Africa

At a time when Africa is mobilizing resources for pandemic recovery and sustainable development, illicit financial flows (IFFs) are robbing the continent of 50 billion U.S. dollars annually, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a high-level virtual meeting on Thursday held under

December 12, 2020

Crime·Politics·Security·World News

Panic As US Congressman ‘Engel’ Calls for Magnitsky Sanctions on Human Rights Abusers In Uganda Ahead Of 2021 Elections

Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, have called on the Trump Administration to take immediate action to address a worsening human rights situation in Uganda prior to general elections next month. In his December 9, 2020

December 10, 2020

Security

Kyagulanyi Is Free To Wear Body Armors – UPDF

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has stated that they have no problem with the decision by presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, to wear bulletproof vests during his campaign meetings. The response from UPDF through its spokesperson, Brig Flavia

December 3, 2020

Politics·Security

Military Siege Electoral Commission As Bobiwine Meets Justice Byabakama Over Brutality

Uganda Police and military deployed heavily around Kampala city as National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential Candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert was meeting Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama and his team. The meeting came after Bobiwine suspended presidential campaigns citing excessive security brutality

December 2, 2020

Politics·Security

Bobiwine EC Guard,Producer Dan Magic Injured In Kayunga Fracas

Deadly clashes erupted as police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse supporters of Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine in Kayunga district. Police and military blocked the main road leading to Kayunga town and fired bullets at defiant supporters. Shopkeepers

December 1, 2020

East Africa·Security

UPDF Partners With Germany To Strengthen Defence Cooperation

The Federal Republic of Germany Ambassador to Uganda H.E Matthias Schauer paid a courtesy call to the ministry of Defence and Veteran affairs/UPDF headquarters Mbuya. In a brief meeting, the Ambassador and his hosts discussed issues of mutual interest in defence partnership

November 25, 2020

Politics·Security

Fury As Police Arrests Bobiwine’s Kyegegwa Agents

Police alongside sister security agencies on Sunday night arrested the advance team that was supposed to chart Bobi Wine’s way to Western Uganda. The forces led by the OC of Kyegegwa District Police Station raided AMAC Suites Hotel and arrested members of

November 23, 2020

Crime·Security

Gen Tumwine Condemns Acts Of Violence By Rioters Says Police Has a Right To Kill If Attacked

The Minister of Security, Gen Elly Tumwine has said that the police and other security personnel have a right to kill protesters if they are attacked. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Gen Tumwine said that he had

November 20, 2020

Security

Maj.Gen Charles Okidi Inspects UPDF Aviation Troops In Somalia

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Air Force (UPDAF) Chief of Staff (COS-AF) Maj Gen Charles Okidi has concluded his six days official working visit to African Union Mission to Somalia ‘AMISOM’ Sector One in Somalia. Gen Okidi was received by the Chief Administrative

November 15, 2020

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