THE INDEPENDENT | 100 people have been arrested in the Sebei sub-region for attempting to fraudulently join the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) during the just concluded recruitment exercise.

Violence erupted during the NRM sub-county LCIII and town council primaries in Jinja district, leaving several people ...

The Ugandan military said Tuesday it is on high alert along its border with South Sudan following deadly clashes over the ...

Clashes between South Sudanese and Ugandan forces near the countries' shared border this week killed at least six security force members, mostly from South Sudan, officials said.

President Museveni, the Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), has approved the retirement of 24 senior army officers in the largest single batch of retirements under his ...

The operation, codenamed Operation Silent Storm, was executed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), ...

Authorities from South Sudan said they have retrieved five bodies of SSPDF soldiers from the forest, while one UPDF soldier ...

The Uganda People's Defence Forces spokesperson, Chris Magezi, also gave no further details in the statement he posted on X on Sunday, apart from saying the decision was in response to "credible ...

Uganda has a history of involvement in impoverished South Sudan, and has long provided military support to President Salva ...

This comes in response to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by parliament on Tuesday. In January, t he Supreme Court of Uganda ruled in the case Attorney ...

During a visit to the UPDF Sector One Level II Hospital in Mogadishu, Ambassador Riley commended the soldiers for their recent achievements, particularly in operations in Bariire.