Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the Uganda People’s Defence Forces- UPDF base in Somalia was attacked by more than 800 Al-Shabaab militants. Museveni, who is also the Commander-in-chief also confirmed that UPDF soldiers were killed but he did not give numbers of the dead nor …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The European Union has approved 110 million euros (about 116.6 million U.S. dollars) for stabilization efforts in Somalia battling al-Shabab terrorists across the country. The EU said it will add 90 million dollars to the resources already mobilized for African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) for …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident that happened earlier in Russia’s southern Bryansk region a “terrorist attack,” adding that the perpetrators had targeted civilians, the Kremlin said Thursday. The Russian president gave his assessment of the incident in the Bryansk region during a video address …
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Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | The Turkish foreign minister on Tuesday slammed as “absurd” a Swedish prosecutor’s decision not to investigate a protest in Stockholm in which Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s puppet was hung. “The decision by the (Swedish) prosecutor’s office not to probe the incident is extremely absurd, and we …
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Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will not approve Sweden’s NATO membership if the country does not extradite “terrorists” upon Turkish request, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. “Supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Syria’s Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) terrorist organizations and asking us for support for NATO …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has hailed the outgoing Ugandan troops for intensifying the fight against al-Shabab terrorists in the coastal Barawe region in southern Somalia. ATMIS Force Commander, Diomede Ndegeya awarded medals and certificates to the soldiers from battle Group 32 on …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kyotera district in collaboration with the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force-JATT have arrested three suspected terrorists and seized items used to assemble explosive devices. Muhammad Nsubuga, the Southern Regional police spokesperson says the suspects were arrested on Monday evening and are currently in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises – Uganda has asked the government to establish what it calls a ‘compensation fund’ to support businesses that get hit. Speaking to journalists on Nov.21 at the federation’s offices in Ntinda, Kampala, John Walugembe, the executive director, …
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Museveni reveals chemicals used to make the two explosives in Kampala Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that ammonium nitrate was one of the chemicals used in the manufacture of the two bombs that were exploded in Kampala on Tuesday leaving seven people dead. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Terrorists gang up against Museveni: ADF, Islamic State, al-Shabaab working together THE LAST WORD The strategy of fighting ADF: How to handle the new wave of terrorism without helping terrorist achieve their political …
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