Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare, has dismissed a recent United Nations report alleging that Ugandan forces participated in airstrikes in South Sudan that harmed civilians, calling the findings “lightweight” and biased. The report, released by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, alleged that Ugandan troops supported aerial…
Police in Kampala have launched investigations into a fire outbreak that destroyed a poultry structure and killed hundreds of chickens in Kinawataka early Tuesday morning. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police, the fire broke out at around 6:00 a.m. on March 10 in Kaggo Zone, Kinawataka, within the jurisdiction of Jinja Road Division. Preliminary findings suggest…
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Police in the Kampala Metropolitan area have arrested more than 150 suspects during coordinated night operations targeting crime hotspots and black spots across the city. The operations, conducted on the night of 9 March 2026, were carried out jointly by the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), focusing on areas believed…
Winnie Byanyima, the wife to detained opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, has cited a recent United Nations investigation to accuse Uganda’s top military commander, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, of publicly boasting about military operations in South Sudan that allegedly harmed civilians. In a post on X, Byanyima thanked the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee for raising concerns…
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Uganda helped South Sudan carry out airstrikes that killed and severely burned civilians last year, according to a report by a United Nations investigative body. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said joint aerial bombardments by South Sudanese and Ugandan forces targeted civilian-populated areas, mainly affecting Nuer communities in opposition-controlled regions. The…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Military Police Brigade has deployed joint checkpoints with the Uganda Police Force across the Kampala Metropolitan Area in an operation aimed at restoring discipline on the roads and enforcing compliance with traffic regulations. According to the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs, the enforcement exercise began on Monday, March…
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