This morning at approximately 0730 hours, a Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Mi-24 helicopter, aircraft tail number AUO-015, crashed approximately 200 metres East of the North Ramp at Mogadishu International Airport. The helicopter was conducting a routine combat escort mission when the incident occurred. On board the aircraft were eight personnel, including six crew members.…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), in coordination with the Somali National Army (SNA), have successfully dislodged Al-Shabaab terrorists from Sabiid-Anole town in the Lower Shabelle region. The joint military operation, codenamed “Operation Silent Storm,” followed a three-day siege that forced the terrorists out…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) wishes to inform the general public that all information circulating on social media platforms alleging the recruitment of medical professionals by the UPDF is entirely false and should be disregarded. The UPDF does not solicit or accept applications through unofficial channels or social media platforms. Any recruitment processes will…
The Uganda People’s Defence Airforce (UPDAF) has in the past few days airdropped hundreds of metric tonnes in emergency food aid to hard-hit areas of South Sudan’s northern Upper Nile State where thousands of displaced people are currently living in famine conditions following the outbreak of armed violence in the region earlier this year. The…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has with immediate effect suspended all ongoing defence and military cooperation activities with the Federal Republic of Germany. The decision is in response to credible intelligence reports that the current German Ambassador to Uganda His Excellency Mathias Schauer is actively engaged in subversive activities in the country. …
The UPDF has noted unsubstantiated and misleading reports in some social media channels with allegations that the Ugandan Airforce has dropped chemical and barrel weapons on rebel White Army positions in the Upper Nile and Jonglei states of the northern region of South Sudan. The allegations are false because the UPDF neither possesses chemical…
Hundreds of heavily armed Lendu militants fighting under CODECO – the Cooperative for Development of the Congo this week attacked a UPDF Battle Group stationed in Fataki, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for two consecutive days in an attempt to dislodge it and failed. The militias attacked the UPDF blocking force on Wednesday and…
There are reports coming out of Kawempe in the ongoing by-election that several journalists were today assaulted and their equipment confiscated by some members of the security forces who were on patrol in the area to maintain law and order during the electoral exercise. It is not yet clear what happened that led…
The UPDF is appalled at the level of unseriousness that was exhibited by the letter from the Uganda Law Society alleging that one of Dr. Col (Rtd) Besigye’s lawyers had been abducted! It would have been useful to all concerned for the author of the letter to put pen to paper after investigations. We…
The Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba this afternoon held talks with his South Sudan counterpart Gen Santino Deng Wol. The meeting at the Defence Intelligence and Security Headquarters focused on regional security issues of mutual interest. The two military leaders acknowledged the longstanding relationship between…