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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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Traders’ Association (KACITA) has formed arcade security committees as a measure to improve vigilance and safety for traders and their customers in the aftermath of the bomb attacks in the city. The arrangement follows reports of laxity among members of the business community …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed fear that the attacks that rocked Kampala early today, could have been targeting the Parliament building, the police and other government installations in the area. One of the explosions occurred at the IPS building near parliament and the other at …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Two Ugandan soldiers accused of killing seven Somali civilians in August while serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) have been sentenced to death while three others to 39 years each in jail after being found guilty by a court-martial. AMISOM said the Court Martial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been heightened in all bus parks in Kampala in the wake of Monday’s explosion on a bus. The explosive device went off in a Swift Bus as it travelled through Lungala in Mpigi district. The joint security agencies on Tuesday described the explosion …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security team has arrested 13 suspected members of the Allied Democratic Force-ADF terror cell and Mai-Mai rebel group. Eight of the suspects have been arrested by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence in Buikwe district whereas others were picked by Crime Intelligence in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days after the United Kingdom issued a terror alert for its citizens in Uganda, the Inspector General of Police-IGP Martin Ochola, has directed the force’s Counter-Terrorism-CT unit to increase vigilance on vital spaces. The UK indicated that terrorists are planning an indiscriminate attack on among …

Shanksville, US | DENG XIANLAI & XU JIANMEI – XINHUA |  The weather turned crisp and clear after a sudden downpour that sheeted the site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93, the fourth plane of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, crashed 20 years ago, claiming all lives onboard. Windy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Terrorist threats on the rise: UN report points at ADF, ISIL, al Qaeda THE LAST WORD Lokech; the passing of a giant: The life and work of the former Deputy Inspector General of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called upon terrorists to surrender to security before they come for them. Museveni says his security forces will not hesitate to shoot and kill anybody suspected of engaging in terrorism as long as they try to resist arrest. This comes less …