A Ugandan Air Force Aviation Unit of about 200 officers has been dispatched to Somalia for the African Union Transition Mission(ATMIS). ATMIS is the replacement of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu, the deputy Chief of Defense Forces while representing the CDF flagged off the officers. This happened at Soroti UPDF Air Force training wing ...
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The newly elected Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is set to visit Uganda next week. The Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia, Sam Tulya-Muhika made the announcement.Somali president will be in the country to attend the first ever Uganda-Somalia Investment and Business Summit. The summit will take place at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo from Monday to Thursday next week. While here, he will ...
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Plans by the Uganda Police Force are underway to deploy a total of 160 Uganda Police officers in Somalia. The reason for the move is to help in building the capacity of the Somalia police. The team is part of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) who completed a six-month-long intensive pre-deployment training course. The completed course concentrated on Peacekeeping Operations ...
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Somalia has rejected a proposal from the African Union to turn its peacekeeping force in Mogadishu into a hybrid mission. This could set the stage for a battle for attention at the United Nations Security Council. The AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) recently endorsed the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). The endorsement came to help Amisom transition smoothly ...
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