Uganda: Uganda, South African Army Chiefs Discuss Security
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-19 08:02:27 -0700 | travel-news
Visiting South African Special Forces Commander, Brigade General Rudzani Maphwanya has held talks with the Chief of Defense Forces, General Edward Katumba Wamala. The meeting took place at the ministry of defense headquarters, at Mbuya in Kampala. Brigadier General Muhoozi...
Ugandan army says kills 55 rebels near Sudan border
Source: Sudan Tribune
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-18 17:53:37 -0700 | travel-news
The Ugandan army said on Sunday it had killed 55 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in several hours of intense battle with a group of fighters who were planning to attack civilian near the border with Sudan. "One hundred or...
16 Rwandan students seek asylum in Uganda over M23
Source: The Boston Globe
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 04:55:29 -0700 | travel-news
Uganda (AP) Sixteen Rwandan students are seeking asylum in Uganda, saying they are the victims of harassment by security officials back home for refusing to join the Congolese rebel group M23. The students' allegations link Rwanda's government to a rebel...
In Uganda, forlorn square is symbol of crackdown
Source: The Boston Globe
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-16 05:01:45 -0700 | travel-news
Uganda (AP) A public square in Uganda's capital that is closed to the public is becoming a symbol for what many here see as the state's growing intolerance of political dissent. Kampala's Constitution Square, once a cheerful place favored by...
Uganda: Kony Attacks On Civilians Increases, Report
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-11 21:21:11 -0700 | travel-news
The Lords' Resistance Army (LRA) attacks against civilians have increased in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Uganda. An LRA activities' track quarterly report released on Tuesday indicates that the LRA committed 58 attacks between January and...
In Uganda, Congo's M23 rebels eager to negotiate
Source: Boston.com
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-11 06:12:18 -0700 | travel-news
Uganda (AP) When they left Uganda more than a month ago, representatives of Congo's M23 rebel movement said peace talks with Congo's government were hopeless amid plans by the United Nations to deploy an offensive brigade of peacekeepers in eastern...
Africa: General Katumba Vows to Deal With Desertions
Source: All Africa
Bombo :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-05 06:29:33 -0700 | travel-news
The newly appointed Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, has said the major cause of desertions in the army will be addressed immediately. Speaking at the formal handover of leadership of the Land Forces to Maj Gen David Muhoozi...
East African Community Aviation calls for improved security
Source: News of Rwanda
Entebbe :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-05 01:28:03 -0700 | travel-news
Linking Aviation Safety and Security: The Role of the Stakeholder' was convened to examine new and emerging threats as far as aviation security in the region is concerned.
Fugitive African warlord Kony reportedly poaching elephants to support his militia
Source: Fox
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-03 08:25:18 -0700 | travel-news
Uganda Several watchdog groups say in a new report that members of a militia run by the fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony are killing elephants across central Africa and selling their ivory to support Kony's struggling group. The Enough...
African warlord Kony poaching elephants to survive
Source: Associated Press
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-03 09:00:31 -0700 | travel-news
Several watchdog groups say in a new report that members of a militia run by the fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony are killing elephants across central Africa and selling their ivory to support Kony's struggling group. The Enough Project and...
Rebel amnesty reinstated in Uganda
Source: IRIN
Gulu :: Uganda | updated 2013-05-30 10:50:38 -0700 | travel-news
Civil society in northern Uganda has welcomed the reinstatement of legislation granting blanket amnesty to members of armed groups who surrender. Key sections of Uganda's Amnesty Act were allowed to lapse in May 2012 , meaning that members of armed...
Uganda: Security Council Urges Regional Cooperation to Tackle LRA Threat
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-05-30 09:01:45 -0700 | travel-news
African Union and the UN to strengthen their coordination to solve the current crisis in CAR as soon as possible. As for the LRA, the Council in its statement reiterated strong condemnation of the attacks and atrocities carried out by...
Africa: Standby Force Good for Africa
Source: All Africa
Jinja :: Uganda | updated 2013-05-30 04:26:48 -0700 | travel-news
As Africa celebrates 50 years of unity, this remains a continent of not only big challenges but big opportunities too. Apart from leadership, which tends to be in short supply on the continent, one of the things keeping Africa from...
It's a shame that our security forces can turn against their motherland
Source: Daily Nation
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-05-29 10:15:44 -0700 | travel-news
Wednesday's Nation's splash story shows that some of our security officers, either directly or indirectly, support or organise criminal activities or acts that threaten the security of their own motherland. It will be remembered that at the height of the...
Congo-Kinshasa: SA Troops to DRC
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-05-23 03:09:25 -0700 | travel-news
Mr Ebrahim Ebrahim, told the Committee that South Africa was one of several countries to pledge troops for the Intervention Brigade in that country...The Intervention Brigade is formed under the United Nations Resolution 2098 and has the responsibility of reducing...
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