President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the controversial Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, which grants military courts the power to try civilians. In May this year, Members of ...

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) officers started meeting in Nyagatare, Eastern Province, from 18-20 June for the fifth Proximity Commanders' Meeting.The purpose of ...

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law an amendment that will allow civilians to be tried in military courts.  The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025 was ...

Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere.

Uganda's President signs a new law allowing civilians to be tried in military courts, sparking criticism over potential ...

Minister of Defence Jacob Marksons Oboth introduced the "Uganda ... be tried under military law in exceptional circumstances, such as when they are in "unlawful possession of arms, ammunition ...

Uganda and South Sudan's military spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the potential violation of the arms embargo, which has been in place since July 2018.

NAIROBI - Uganda will attack the town of Bunia in neighbouring eastern Congo unless "all forces" there surrender their arms within 24 ... A spokesman for Uganda's military said he could not ...

A spokesman for Uganda's military said he could not comment on the matter. Sign up here. Earlier on Saturday, Kainerugaba had said, without providing evidence, that people from the Bahima ethnic ...