NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s military said Sunday its troops have departed for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to join a United Nations peacekeeping force tasked with calming deadly tensions fuelled by armed groups. The Kenya Defense Force (KDF) said the first batch of the fourth contingent …
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COMMENT | PROF FREDDY R KANIKI | At the end of June in 1945, on a clear and unseasonably cool day in San Francisco, California, fifty nations gathered with shared hope born of a shared trauma. Representatives of these nations gathered at the San Francisco Opera House with a single …
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Angola peace talks renew search for solutions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Details about peace talks between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on Aug.20 remain scanty but it has not deterred pundits from insisting that without Uganda’s issues being …
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Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF says some suspected fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are hiding among loggers in remote parts of the Zoka Forest Reserve in Adjumani District. Fourth Infantry Division Commander Brig, Felix Busizoori says the army has identified foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic …
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African leaders must push for solutions beyond military intervention ANALYSIS | ANTHONI VAN NIEUWKERK | In response to the deepening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Security Council established a panel of independent experts in 2023 to examine the situation and provide it with options to …
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Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has accused the March 23 Movement (M23) of jamming the aviation system in the war-troubled province of North Kivu. Last week, air transport at a lower altitude from Goma International Airport in Goma City to Butembo Rughenda Airport …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Troops of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday successfully rescued another 23 abductees from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in their joint military operation in the eastern DRC, a Ugandan spokesperson said. The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and …
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KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | The presidential office of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) unveiled early Wednesday the composition of the new government after President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second term in late January. The new government, led by Prime Minister Judith Tuluka Suminwa, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has made changes to the leadership of operations against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), replacing Maj Gen Dick Olum with Maj Gen Richard Otto as the commandant. Maj Gen Olum, who assumed command in October 2022, has been reassigned to represent …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) troops have recovered a cache of weapons belonging to the rebel group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in the jungles of the eastern DRC, a senior official said Thursday. Bilal Katamba, spokesperson of the Mountain Division of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
