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Countries in the Great Lakes Region will at the end of January set up a military intelligence base in Kasese, Uganda, to monitor “negative forces” in eastern Congo. Check also: Salva Kiir Threatens To Personally Run Military if Road Attacks Continue The Joint Follow-up Mechanisms (JFM) comprising 12 military intelligence officers from all the countries of the Great Lakes Region will ...

The Uganda Army (UPDF) has ordered shops, bars and other businesses out of all barracks in the country in a bid to curb growing incidents of shooting where many people have been killed by drunken soldiers. Check also: Uganda To Set Up Mental Health Facility For Soldiers The directive was issued by the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Katumba ...

The first batch of over 3000 Ugandans who were evacuated from Juba,[5] in South Sudan on Thursday following outbreak of war that broke out last week have successfully crossed into Uganda at Nimule border on Friday afternoon.[9] Check Also: I Dont Want Any More Bloodshed In South Sudan, Says Salva Kiir Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson,[1] Paddy Ankunda confirmed the first ...

Uganda plans to establish a facility for soldiers who manifest symptoms of mental health disorders triggered by trauma from war theatres and other stressful incidents,[5] the Chief of Defense forces, Gen. Katumba Wamala, has said.[6] Check Also: Uganda: 30 People Held Over Coup Plot Against Kaguta Museveni He was responding to concerns that possible post war trauma and stress could be ...