Tag Archives: Military

Taipei, Taiwan | AFP |  Taiwanese rescuers were searching for the chief of military staff and two others who went missing after a helicopter crashed landed in a mountain Thursday, the defence ministry said. The UH-60M helicopter carrying 13 people including chief of general staff for the military Shen Yi-ming …

Washington, United States | AFP | The United States military said it killed four “terrorists” in airstrikes against the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia on Sunday, a day after the country’s deadliest attack in two years. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted three airstrikes in two locations in the conflict-hit east …

Latest in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi firepower Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT TEAM | Countries in the East African region continue to spend more on strengthening their armed forces, according to latest data. Although Kenya and Tanzania are the biggest spenders because of their relatively big budgets, most attention is on Uganda, …

Bamako, Mali | AFP |  If military operations depend on winning hearts and minds, the thousands of foreign troops deployed to the Sahel to combat jihadism seem to be on losing ground. At first welcomed, these troops find themselves today in the crosshairs as a growing number of locals in this …

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | An ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso killed 37 people on Wednesday, the deadliest attack in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country. The impoverished and politically fragile Sahel country has been struggling …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Eighteen combat aircraft pilot cadets and 172 aircraft engineers have passed out at the Military Airbase in Bardege Division in Gulu district.  The military base is under the Air Force Wing of the Uganda People’s Defense Force – UPDF. The defense pilots graduated on Tuesday …

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s  Victor Ochen was recently one of three young leaders from Africa that briefed the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on the role youth can play to promote peace on the continent. Ochen, United Nations Global Goals Ambassador for Peace and Justice and 2015 …

Beijing, China | AFP |  A cheating Chinese orienteering team was disqualified after losing its moral compass and using secret paths and markings during the Military World Games in China. The home team bagged some of the top spots in a middle-distance competition, which sees runners navigating their way across …

Wuhan, China | THE INDEPENDENT |  Lieutenant Flavia Namakula and Corporal Petra Nalwoga  missed a medal narrowly, finishing 4th overall at the 7th CISM Military World Games golf competition in China. Team Uganda had a joint score of  Brazil 703 strokes after four rounds of golf at end of Tuesday, coming …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Uganda Police Force –UPF has dismissed reports that the Police Training School in Kabalye, Masindi district had been taken over by the military. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said that information about the heavy deployment of military personnel at the school was inappropriate.   Enanga said that the …