Sixty-two officers of the Special Forces Command (SFC) have been decorated to their newly promoted ranks in recognition of their service, commitment and professional conduct. The officers — 15 senior and 47 junior — were decorated during a ceremony presided over by the SFC Commander, Maj Gen Asaph Mwetise Nyakikuru, at the SFC Headquarters in…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Motorised Infantry Division has commenced a refresher course at the Division Headquarters in Nakasongola District for newly recruited soldiers of Intake 3/2026 to consolidate their military skills and prepare them for future operational assignments. While opening the course, the Division Commander, Major General Charles Byanyima, described the refresher course…
Forty personnel from the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have completed a two-week course on Psychological and Integrated Influence Operations at the Mission’s Force Headquarters in Mogadishu. The participants were drawn from AUSSOM Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, alongside police officers from Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana. The course…
The Director Women Affairs of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Brig Gen Charity Bainababo, has urged female peacekeepers to harness technology and uphold accuracy in their work to strengthen peace support operations. Brig Gen Bainababo made the remarks while delivering a lecture to participants from different countries attending the United Nations Command, Control, Communications,…