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Uganda to help train Somalia security officers

  Presidents Museveni, Farmaajo discuss security in Somalia President Yoweri Museveni and his counterpart, the newly elected Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ have held a bilateral meeting during which they discussed the security situation in the horn and development in Somalia. “I congratulate you on two counts; One, your …

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Sudan hails Uganda on prisoners of war

Museveni, Sudan’s Vice President discuss refugee crisis President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has hailed President Yoweri Museveni’s peace efforts in Sudan following the safe release and handover of 125 Prisoners of war by SPLM-North to the Khatoum government. In a special message delivered to Museveni by the Sudanese Vice President …

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Operations against Kony’s LRA ‘coming to an end’

Washington, United States | AFP | The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader Joseph Kony is still at large, a top US general said Friday. “This thing is coming to an end,” said General Thomas Waldhauser, head of the …

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Mukono-Katosi Road case resumes

Hearing of the case in which  five people including former works Minister Eng.Abraham Byandala  are accsued in the Mukono-Katosi road saga, resumed Friday before the Anti-Corruption court. Defence Lawyers led by Peter Mulira cross examined the Senior Inspectorate Officer in the IGG’s office Lisa Mwagale, who investigated this case . Mwagale told presiding …

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In a first, ICC awards Congo war crimes victims $250 each

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | The International Criminal Court Friday ordered 297 victims of ex-Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to each be paid “a symbolic” $250 in damages for a brutal 2003 attack on their village, in the tribunal’s first such award. Awarding both individual and collective damages, the court also …

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UN regional force to arrive in South Sudan in a month

United Nations, United States | AFP |  The first soldiers of a United Nations-mandated regional military force are set to be deployed to South Sudan within about a month, the outgoing UN official in charge of peacekeeping said Friday. “The vanguard element of the force will be deployed between end …

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Russia trying to gain influence in Libya: US general

Washington, United States | AFP |  Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya through a combination of military means and oil and weapons sales, a top US general said Friday. General Thomas Tom Waldhauser, who heads the US military’s Africa Command, said Russia is “on the ground” in …

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