Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, French and US’s Embassies in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were on Tuesday looted and set ablaze. The attack on the Embassies on Tuesday came after the M23 captured Goma, the largest city in Eastern DR Congo on Monday. Footage circulating on social media shows rioters carrying furniture from the above […]
The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced the capture of Goma city in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma in the early hours of Monday morning followed fierce fighting between the rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) that lasted for several days. […]
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has urged the international community to address the problems causing unrest in the eastern DRC, lest they spill over into his country. President Kagame has also questioned the credibility of the election, twice, of DRC’s Felix Tshisekedi. He was speaking during a luncheon event that brought together diplomatic corps in Rwanda […]
The Chief of Defense Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations on Thursday visited the joint forces operating in Eastern DRC. The joint operation forces, known as Operation Shujaa, comprise the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). […]
Traders are counting losses after a bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. The bus was transporting more than 40 passengers, mostly traders and goods from Kampala to Goma-Gisenyi […]
At least eight people have been killed by landslides triggered by torrential rains in Uganda’s border district of Kasese on Thursday, a government official said on Friday. Joe Walusimbi, the Resident District Commissioner for Kasese, told Xinhua by telephone that landslides swept several areas in Kyarumba and Kyondo sub-counties, leaving eight people dead. “We are […]
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have reported the fatal shooting of two suspected rebels affiliated with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the capture of their commander within the Kibale Forest National Park, located in Kamwenge district. Gen. Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF spokesperson, confirmed the incident in an interview with Uganda Radio Network (URN). […]
The East African Community (EAC) Regional Force has started to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kenyan contingent, part of the EAC Regional Force, departed from the Goma airport in the eastern North Kivu province on Sunday morning, following the DRC authorities’ decision to deem the regional force ineffective. After a summit […]
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has mourned the brutal killing of 42 civilians during an attack of alleged Allied Democratic Front (ADF) to a school Rubiriha Secondary School in Kasese district on Friday night. At least the army has declared 42 people who were killed by the ADF and out of those, four were […]
It’s a sad morning following the Police’s reports confirming 25 students who have been killed by the suspected Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels in Kasese district. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga has confirmed the attack which happened at Rubiriha Secondary School on Friday night as students were sleeping. It’s alleged that out of the over 54 […]