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A Star Sky Airlines passenger plane carrying 55 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday. The flight was headed to Guri’eel in Galgaduud when it encountered technical difficulties, prompting an emergency landing attempt on the shoreline. Eyewitnesses reported smoke rising from the crash site, but authorities confirmed […]
“The way you conduct your work is admirable. Leaving your families to serve here is something we do not take for granted,” Somali Minister Adan said. The Somali South West State Government Minister for Aviation and Transport, Hassan Abdinur Adan, has commended Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) troops serving under the African Union Support and […]
The UPDF troops are operating under the transitional African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), a transitional mechanism that is designed to eventually handover responsibility for security in the country to the country’s security forces led by the SNA. A three-week intensive fire exchange in the Somali battle field has yielded results for […]
“Eight people were on board. Three made it out safely but with severe burns,” said Kulayigye. “The search is still on. They are fighting the fire.” Over 36 Dead After Chemical Reactor Explodes in Drug Factory The Ugandan military said Wednesday that one of its helicopters crashed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, with five […]
He said the tragic incident where 57 soldiers were lost in Somalia was attributed to such corruption. Nambooze’s Seat Attracts Tough Challengers Come 2026 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is the Commander in Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is worried by the increased corruption tendencies and insufficient training which he says are […]
It’s a grieving moment following the killing of at least 37 civilians and injuring of 212 in an explosion at a popular Lido Beach restaurant in the Somali capital late on Friday. Somalia’s government has blamed the attack on the Al Shabaab, a militant Islamist group. Ali Haji told a press conference that 11 of […]
The body of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier, Maj. Patrick Awany who was killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia was on Thursday evening been received at Entebbe Military Airbase. Packed in a casket, Maj. Awany’s remains were received by the senior UPDF officers, friends and close relatives. Awany died while serving under […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has welcomed Somalia into the East African Community, describing the move as a boost to the efforts of the regional bloc to ensure prosperity and strategic security of its people. Speaking as a witness at the signing ceremony of the treaty of accession by the Federal Republic of Somalia today at […]
Somalia Joins the East African Community The East African Community (EAC) Summit of Heads of State has formally admitted the Federal Republic of Somalia as its 8th Member. Somalia joins Kenya, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania in the bloc. “The Somali people are honoured to be part […]
The Senior Presidential adviser on special operations Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba spent five days in Mogadishu, Somalia where he visited UPDF soldiers following the Buulo Mareer attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists. According to the information from his office, Gen. Kainerugaba visited the injured soldiers who are recovering in different hospitals in Mogadishu. Gen. Kainerugaba was also briefed on […]
