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 […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus that a few days ago the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) managed to successfully recapture the Buulo Mareer Base from the Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia. On May 26, 2023, the Al-Shabaab using over 800 fighters attacked and overran Buulo Mareer Forward Operating […]
The Commander In Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has responded on the Friday early morning attack on a UPDF Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Somalia by the Al-Shabaab militants saying it was unfortunate. Museveni has however noted that the UPDF will retaliate. In a late Saturday evening statement, […]