A 73-year-old man, James Wakabenga Wanyera, says he is living in fear and pain after his own children, led by Col Betty Musuya, former Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Director for Women Affairs, allegedly forcefully removed him from his home. Relatives claim that armed soldiers we
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned individuals he says are being funded by foreign groups to stir unrest in Uganda ahead of the 2026 general elections.Speaking to journalists at Mbale State Lodge during his campaign tour in the Bugisu subregion, the President said Uganda’s st
A Russian lawmaker has said Moscow recently delivered air defenses to VenezuelaRussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that Moscow was prepared to “respond appropriately” to Venezuela’s request for military assistance amid a US military buildup in the Cari
The UK has agreed to send troops to Belgium after suspected Russian drone incursions on its airspace, the new chief of Britain’s armed forces has said.Belgium’s main airport at Zaventem closed temporarily on Thursday night after drones were spotted nearby and also at military bases.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a growing number of Eastern Europeans - particularly Poles - have been buying homes on the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands, according to new property data. Figures from Spain’s College of Registrars show that Poles are increasingly favouri
Ministry of Defence officials have been told to prepare the nation for war “in our own backyard”. Staff responsible for spending the nation's £288 billion defence procurement budget were told to speed up the process and equip the armed forces “to be ready to fight”, even if it meant taki
At a glance• Vladimir Putin could send tanks into a European Nato country tomorrow, a German general is warning• The Russian president could launch a ‘limited attack’ on Nato territory, says Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank• Britain has deployed aircraft to ea
Gen Muhoozi (R) welcoming President Museveni in Kaweweeta on FridayPresident Museveni has commissioned 498 officer cadets of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and allied African nations, urging the newly minted officers to uphold the army’s founding principles as the institutio
Despite years of progress in the fight against HIV, the epidemic in Uganda continues to wear skirts and dresses. National data shows that out of an estimated 1.5 million Ugandans living with HIV today, nearly two-thirds are women and girls.Among young people aged 15 to 24, about seven in e
According to Oleg Ivanov, the Ukrainian forces are attempting to cut the border areas of the Kursk Region off from power, but they have not succeeded in completely disabling individual energy facilities, only temporarilyKURSK, November 7. /TASS/. Attempts by the Ukrainian military to knock
