Lt Col Peter Okwi Omeja assumed command of UPDF forces serving under the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU) VIII. Omeja takes over from Lt Col Peter Magungu, the incoming commander of UNGU IX. The ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Anita Kiki Gbeho and witnessed by the UPDF…
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 which sat from November 1-12 in the Somali capital…
After critical investigations into allegations of civilian casualties in Golweyn on 10 August 2021, the Board of Inquiry (BOI) convened by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has established that, regrettably, the seven people killed were civilians and the conduct of the personnel involved was in breach of the AMISOM Rules of Engagement. According…
Fifteen people are dead and more than 20 are being treated in hospital following a deadly attack by militants at a seaside hotel in Somalia. Militant group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Elite Hotel in Lido beach, in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. The attack started with a suicide car…
Uganda peoples defense forces UPDF in Somalia under the African Union Mission in Somalia’ AMISOM’ and the Somalia National Army SNA launched an operation which killed and captured several Alshabaab terrorists in a new town of Jannale. Speaking after the operations, the Sector I and Uganda Contingent Commander, Brig Richard Otto, commended both SNA and…
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira has handed over recovered weapons to the Somali National Security Adviser Abdisaid Muse Ali in a function at the sector one headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia. The weapons were recovered from Alshabab terrorists over time by the Ugandan troops…
At least four people were killed, including a senior government official, when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said. A plume of thick black smoke was seen over the city and witnesses said a number of vehicles were on fire. Islamist group Al-Shabaab…
United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) has donated medical equipment to African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Level Two Force Hospital in Sector One. The function was officiated by the Acting Force Commander Maj Gen James Nakibus Lakara, who thanked the UN for the timely donation that will go a long way to boost…
Brig Gen Michael Kabango has handed over command and control of the Uganda Contingent in Somalia to newly appointed Contingent Commander Brig Gen Richard Otto. The colourful ceremony was presided over by the Commander Land Forces (CLF) Lt Gen Peter Elwelu who lauded Brig Gen Kabango for his outstanding service and achievements in one year.…
