Somali President in Uganda The Somali President Hassan Shiekh Mohamud is in Uganda to hold talks with his counterpart President Yoweri Museveni. The Somali leader arrived in Uganda from Kenya where he was visiting with a delegation of Somali government officials. This is the second time President Mohamud is visiting Uganda since he was elected this year. However, New Vision could not readily establish the issues to be discussed by the two Presidents. The Somali Shabelle Media Network reported that the Somali […]

Akhristeyasheena sharafta leh waxaan halkan idinkugu soo gudbineynaa Sawirada Doorashada Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ee lagu qabtay iskuul Boliisiya ee magaalada Muqdisho, Source: (Radio Mogadisho).

Uganda is willing to send another set of combat helicopters to fight the al-Shabaab militants in Somalia despite the setback it suffered when three aircraft crashed in Kenya last Sunday. Gen. Jeje Odongo, the state minister for defence, said discussions were ongoing between the Government, UN and AU on whether Uganda can send other helicopters. “If we get a green light, we will send more equipment,” Odongo told reporters during an interview at the Air base in Entebbe Friday. This […]

KAMPALA, Uganda—Rescue teams were searching Monday for at least 10 Ugandan air force officers after three of its helicopters went missing Sunday as they flew to support ground troops in war-torn Somalia, the Ugandan military said. The three Russian-made attack Mi-24 helicopters that went off radar near Mount Kenya were part of a unit of four sent to reinforce ground troops targeting al Qaeda-affiliate al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. The helicopters were headed for the southern Somali port of Kismayo, the […]

  A search is under way in Kenya for two Ugandan military helicopters which have gone missing with 10 crew members on board, Uganda’s army spokesman says. The helicopters were among four which were due to make a stop in Kenya, but only one landed in the town of Garissa. The other helicopter made an emergency landing in the Mount Kenya area and its five crew have been rescued. The aircraft were part of a contingent being sent to reinforce […]

The commander land forces Lieutenant Gen Katumba Wamala has ahailed the role played by the Uganda peacekeeping troops in pacifying Somali. Wamala told the parliament on the committee on defends on internal affairs that some of the Peacekeeping troops will be withdrawn. This is the African Union asked the government of Uganda and Burundi to reduce the troops in Somalia, since the country is almost secure now. Speaking in Kampala today, Gen Wamala said the country has been divides into […]

Uganda detains five Pakistanis over rebel ties Uganda has arrested five Pakistanis suspected of militant links, police said on Tuesday, two weeks before the second anniversary of a bombing attack in Kampala for which Somali Islamist rebel group al Shaabab claimed responsibility. Officials say the country is vulnerable to further attacks from al Shabaab who have vowed to keep striking until a Ugandan army contingent, leading an African Union-mandated force protecting Somalia’s government, withdraws. The area where the five men […]