What has triggered deadly clashes at Uganda’s border with South Sudan? Disputes between the two over border demarcations have been ongoing but heavy, armed fighting has been rare until now. Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2025
Is ISIL a growing threat in the DR Congo and East Africa? Experts warn that ISIL-affiliated ADF fighters may be stepping up attacks to stay relevant, amid regional peace efforts. Al Jazeera · Jul 30, 2025
Are commercial interests driving Uganda’s military operations in DR Congo? Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere. Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2025
Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Wife and children of warlord Joseph Kony return to Uganda from Central African Republic Ugandan authorities say one of the wives and three children of warlord Joseph Kony have been repatriated from Central African Republic while he remains in hiding The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025
Uganda's DRC mission under scrutiny amid claims of double dealing Three years after Ugandan troops crossed into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebels linked to the Islamic State, their mission has yielded mixed results, with accusations that Kampala is secretly supporting another Congolese rebel group raising questions about its motives. Radio France Internationale · Dec 6, 2024
Uganda’s army rescues three of the kidnapped students The Ugandan military have rescued three of the six students who were kidnapped by Islamist fighters at a school last week. The New Daily · Jun 21, 2023
Uganda military rescues three of six students abducted by rebels The Ugandan army said it rescued the students taken during last week’s massacre of 42 people by an ISIL-linked militia. Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2023
Media: Ugandan minister shot and killed by bodyguard The Ugandan army says a bodyguard and shot and killed a government minister in an apparent private dispute The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
Uganda's army says it discovers training facility for Islamist militia Uganda's military said on Thursday it had discovered bomb making material at a training facility for an Islamic State-allied rebel group around 60 kilometres west of the capital Kampala, and that three people had been detained. Reuters · Jun 16, 2022
'My flesh was burning': Uganda accused of torture again Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last year, burned him and pulled out his fingernails. His crime: supporting the opposition. Reuters · Mar 22, 2022