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Armed senior UPDF officer raids Bududa police station, beats up officers
A Uganda Peoples Defence Force Brigadier General in Bududa District is under investigation on allegations of frogging and caning two police officers, whom he accused of d...
Birungi, Otto, and Kandiho: The Trio of Generals Set to Seal Besigye’s Fate
Three senior Ugandan military officers with long careers in intelligence, command and security operations remain prominent in the wider context of Uganda’s security est...
PM Nabbanja Commissions Masindi Hospital Construction, Launches AFCON Training Facility Project
The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja commissioned the construction of Masindi Hospital and the groundbreaking for the Masindi Municipal Council Africa Cup of Nat...
Brig Kosia Kuteesa Assumes Office as Nakasongola Cantonment Commander
The newly appointed Nakasongola Cantonment Commander, Brigadier General Kosia Kuteesa, has assumed office, taking over from Colonel David Mugisha at a ceremony held at th...
State House Denies Viral Letter Claiming Museveni Ordered UPDF to Build House While Handing Besigye’s Treason Case
The Presidential Press Unit (PPU) has dismissed as fake a letter circulating on social media claiming that President Yoweri Museveni directed the Uganda People’s Defenc...
From AU to UN, East Africa holds the line as peace missions shrink
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour during the flagging-off of Uganda’s first AU peacekeeping contingent to Somalia on March 1, 2007. East Afri...
Uganda Strengthens Efforts to Establish African Humanitarian Agency in Kampala
The commitment was highlighted during the 1,350th session of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) held in Addis Ababa, where member states convened to dis...
Kony’s son demands UPDF deployment two years after military training
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ali Saloongo Kony, the son of fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, has expressed frustration over delays in his deployment...
UPDF Commends Retiring General Officers for Distinguished Service
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has commended General Officers due for retirement later this year for their distinguished, dedicated, and selfless service to...