The UPDF has confirmed that five of its soldiers under theAfrican Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia died after the helicopter they were travelling in crashed.The incident that happened near Mogadishu International Airport early Tuesday morning saw a UPDF Mi-24 co
As a cloud filled with smoke hovers above the Aden Ade International Airport in Somali capital Mogadishu. Details coming in indicate that 5 UPDF officers have perished in the helicopter crash which involved a Ugandan military chopper.The helicopter was pa
Veteran opposition politician Col Dr. Kizza Besigye has firmly rejected overtures from President Yoweri Museveni to hold private talks at State House—a move aimed at s
It was an historic royal wedding, watched by an estimated one billion people around the world. On April 29, 2011,
More Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops have been sent to South Sudan to support commandos who arrived in Juba last week under Operation ‘Mlinzi wa Kimya’.Officials told ChimpReports on Tuesday tha
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has broken his silence following a deadly assault on a military base in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, which claimed the life of General Majur Dak Thel and several soldiers.
A Shs 30bn UPDF drone crashed in the eastern Republic of Congo (DRC) in late 2024 during a secret reconnaissance operation, a United Nations report has revealed. The incident, which occurred on the evening of
Salva Kiir Mayardit has served as South Sudanâs president since the countryâs independence in 2011. South Sudanâs secession from Sudan came on the heels of a long and bloody civil war that resulted in a referendum on independence. The initial optimism about the new state f
Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Tuesday said it had taken back the eastern town of Kalembe, a day after it was seized by M23 rebels, but rebels said they still controlled the town. Kalembe, a small town in Walikale territory in militia-plagued North Kivu, came under M23 control on
The Omukama (King) of Bunyoro Kitara, Dr Solomon Gafabusa Rukirabasaija Agutamba Iguru I, has been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment for a deteriorating health condition. The King was airlifted last Thursday in a military helicopter to Kampala, where he received care at
