War

By K. David Mafabi Some of our political class and elite have lately taken to the senseless repetition of the refrain “Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, etc - are coming to Uganda”! What they mean is that they hope and pray that there will be…

By Jackie Batamuliza From time immemorial, war has been the engine of all politics and for a long time, war has been known to be the use of military violence to force the enemies’ (or opponents') will into submission. In our new world,…

At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border area, Indian officials say. The incident follows rising tensions, and is the first deadly clash in the border area in at least 45 years.…

In a war situation, nobody asks anyone to stay indoors. You stay indoors by choice. In fact, if you have a basement, you hide there for as long as hostilities persist. During a war, you don't insist on your freedom. You willingly give it up…

The United States has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time, its military said, adding to a buildup of US forces in the Gulf amid tensions with Iran.The Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have been deployed "to…

Islamic State militants holed up in northern Somalia are recruiting fighters fast enough to offset battlefield losses despite an uptick in U.S. airstrikes in the country, U.S. Africa Command said in a new analysis of the group’s force…

For weeks now the story of a crisis between Rwanda and Uganda has occupied both new media and traditional media outlets.  Rwanda accusing Uganda of harboring ill intentions of regime change and Uganda denying doing so, this is said to have…

What does a small spat in the Security Council over the Central African Republic, or CAR, tell us about the state of major power relations? Last week, the council was unable to agree on the terms of a six-month extension to the…