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The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbadi has today flagged off Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Battle Group (BG) XXXV enroute to Somalia to serve under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).  The event happened at the…

The Police in Kampala have arrested a Somali national who was found with an explosive detonator in his vehicle as he tried to access Speke Resort Hotel in Munyonyo. According to the Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, the detonator was…

UPDF troops under African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) repulsed an Al-shabab attack on their position near Barawe Airport in the southwestern lower shebelle region of Somalia. According to Defense Spokesperson Brig. Richard Karemire, the…

The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen David Muhoozi, has flagged off 2414 troops of Battle Group 29 heading to Somalia to serve under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for the next 12 months. The function was held last evening…

Military staff officers serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have been awarded medals for their outstanding contribution to the restoration of peace and security in Somalia. The 58 officers, working at the Mission’s…

The job does not come without risks.  An attack on the United Nations compound in Somalia in January this year is “still fresh in our minds” according to the commander of Ugandan peacekeepers who are tasked with protecting the base and its…

Twenty days after the terrorist attack at Nairobi’s DusitD2 complex, intelligence sources say that 12 suspects have been arrested at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp — signalling the complex balance between internal security and…

Somali armed group al-Shabab  have claimed responsibility for an attack in an upscale neighbourhood in the Kenyan capital. Two explosions and gunfire were heard at an upscale hotel and office complex in Kenya's capital on Wednesday…

Two explosions and gunfire have been heard amid an apparent attack at an upscale hotel and office complex in Kenyan capital Nairobi, witnesses say. Reports indicate that three people have been killed while several others have been…