The Minister for Defence, Jacob Oboth Oboth, is pushing for an expanded role for military forces, with a new structure that would empower the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) to take on more ...

Sun Tzu did not forget KB. The man has been disturbing Mzee since 1999. Now he is in jail with Diddy, even though their ...

Both Kakuru and Obura’s rulings highlight fundamental flaws in the Court Martial’s claim to jurisdiction over civilians. They ...

While the mission praises foray for fighting ADF, observers see nothing more than interest in an area that boasts gold, which ...

Does History Repeat Itself? The Independent looks back 10 years by reproducing a COVER STORY from 2015 that illustrates the ...

Elwelu, a long-serving officer who has held pivotal roles such as Commander of the Land Forces and, most recently, Deputy CDF, was replaced by Lt Gen Sam Okiding shortly after Muhoozi assumed the ...

While the mission praises foray for fighting ADF, observers see nothing more than interest in an area that boasts gold, which ...

The wife of detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has denounced as "cruel and inhumane" a ban on prisoners ...

Besigye, 68, has been charged in a military court with possession of pistols and attempting to purchase weapons abroad.

Over the two-week training, participants were equipped with skills in national and international operations, the dynamics of general security and terrorism, legal input in operations planning, and the ...

UGANDA – In Africa, debates over “fortress conservation” have raged for years. Mongabay visited one of Uganda’s largest ...