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Al shabaab plans to bomb east Africa

Intelligence briefings from Somalia indicate that Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab fighters are planning to bomb East African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania,  Burundi and Kenya. Security sources in Uganda tell us that the Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab rebels plan to use East African countries through the links they have with East African rebel […]

US Marine soldier denies Ugandarebel connections

  A formerUSmarine soldier, Nix Bongomin who was arrested by Uganda Peoples Defence Forces yesterday in northernUgandaover recruiting rebels into the ‘Peoples Patriotic Front’ has denied the charges. He has told UPDF detectives in Pader today that theUgandasoldiers picked him on Monday under pretext that he was a rebel. Bongomin says that he is a law […]

UPDF to recruit 300 youth in Karamoja into LDU

UPDF is set to recruit a total of 300 youth from Karamoja region as top up to Local Defense Unit personnel. The 300 will be recruited from the 4 districts that are part of 3rd Division i.e Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit and Amudat while Kaboong and Kotido will be considered under 5 Division. The exercise is […]

Last night at 7 30pm an LDU Auda paul attached to Nakapiripirit LDU Unit ran amock picked his rifle and shot and killed his girl friend one Nakut Santina in Katanga village, Nangurumit parish, Nakapiripirit town council. He also shot the friends of Nakut one Mangadalena Longes and Namboze Miriam who were rushed to Tokora […]

Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi to deploy in Darfur

Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have started a training programme to prepare its soldiers for deployment to the African Union United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID). According to a source in the ministry of defence, Uganda will deploy in Darfur early next year as per UNAMID programme. We are reliably informed that UNAMID has requested […]

Lt. Col. Samson Mande enters Democratic Republic of Congo

Lt. Col. Samson Mande has been sighted in Kinshasha town of the Democratic Republic of Congo raising fears in the UPDF circles that he could be planning to invade Uganda. Mande is one of the UPDF dissidents who are believed to be planning an armed struggle on the legitimate government of Uganda. The Uganda government […]