KAMPALA | Xinhua | A total of 1,800 soldiers from the Central African Republic (CAR) have arrived in Uganda for military training as part of ongoing efforts to build the CAR army’s capacity, a Ugandan military spokesperson said Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Felix Kulayigye, Uganda’s military spokesperson, told Xinhua by telephone …
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Jinja, Uganda | Xinhua | More than 500 military personnel from Uganda and the Central African Republic (CAR) on Friday completed a five-month joint training program in the eastern Ugandan city of Jinja, the Ugandan military said in a statement. According to the statement, a total of 378 soldiers, including …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi has said Uganda People’s Defence Forces UPDF is ready to build a strong military in Central African Republic -CAR. Gen Mbadi Monday evening said the Memorandum of Understanding UPDF signed with CAR at the beginning of …
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Bangassou, Central African Republic | AFP | In Bangassou, splendid trees overlook elegant buildings slowly crumbling to ruin. Time here seems to have stood still, and Bangassou’s trauma too. The quiet little town in southeastern Central African Republic was relatively spared by a civil war which erupted in 2013 and mutated …
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Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | The Central African Republic is an important plank in Russia’s strategy of boosting its presence in Africa by offering security for fragile regimes in resource-rich countries, analysts say. President Vladimir Putin last year surprised the West by a string of high-profile moves that …
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Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | “When I decided to come back, my friends took me for a fool,” recounts Clement Ndotizo, who spent a decade in France before returning to settle in his native Central African Republic, one of the world’s least-developed and most dangerous countries. But a “fool”, …
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Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | The Central African Republic’s capital was rocked by deadly overnight clashes as France’s defence minister arrived to formally end a military operation there, hailing it as a “success”. Local sources said about 10 people had been killed in a settling of scores between armed …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
