Security

The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF), in a joint operation with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), have put out of action an Allied Democratic Forces commander and the outfit's medic known as 'Dr' Musa. UPDF Mountain Division / Operation Shuja's public information officer Major Bilal Katamba in a statement dated April 9, 2024, said that the ADF commander and 'Dr' Musa were killed in action by a joint mobile squad forces under the 83 battalion...

The Territorial Police in West Nile Region and Koboko CPS, are investigating the theft of a newly born female twin, from Koboko General Hospital which occurred on March 29th, 2024 at around 8 pm. According to SCP Fred Enanga the Uganda Police spokesperson in a statement dated April 8, 2024, the matter was reported to police after 5 days and a total of eleven suspects, who form part of the Hospital staff were summoned and statements were recorded from them. “The...

In an operation by the joint Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces together with Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo code-named "Shujaa," put out of action a notorious commander of the Allied Democratic Forces rebel group known as ‘Baghdad’. In a statement issued on Friday April 5th,2024 by UPDF, stated that the forces’ mobile squad under the 3rd Mountain Battalion, operating together with FARDC troops, killed ‘Baghdad’ in the area of Ambusire, Northwest of Tingwe, 16.5 km from Elengeti Town...

According to information reaching this publication's news desk, John Kabanda self-acclaimed leader of the New Generation Traders Association and president of the controversial Federation of Uganda Traders Association could go to jail for conniving with NUP and other opposition political leaders to organize demonstrations among the business community in Kampala. Revelations from the business community in Kampala have implicated Kabanda John, a known business mobilizer who tags himself as a freedom fighter in Kampala, of staging and fueling plans to...

Police in Zombo district have arrested an electrician for abandoning a pithole latrine that killed two of his neighbor’s children after a heavy downpour. Josephine Angucia, the police spokesperson for West Nile Region Police, stated that the man who is facing charges of causing two deaths by a rash and neglect act is identified as Francis Omirambe, aged 32, a resident of Alisithungu cell, Dwonga ward, Paidha Town Council, Zombo District. Omirambe was arrested on April 5, 2024, for the tragic...

Kiboga district was struck by horror as the lifeless bodies of two young sisters were discovered, allegedly victims of a gruesome ritual sacrifice. The suspect, Sulaiman Sentongo, a witch doctor residing in Kirinda Village, Kapeke Sub County, has been apprehended by local authorities. The victims have been identified as Sylvia Nantongo, aged 5, and Esther Nakasumba, aged 2. The tragic incident occurred on April 3, 2024, but it wasn't until April 5, 2024, that Sentongo was taken into custody to...