Category: Uganda
Uganda: Army officers suspended for sexual exploitation of vulnerable women
Kampala (HAN) November 6, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. By Risdel Kasasira for Daily Moniter and Geeska Afrika Online defense reporter. Human Right Watch Reported: “The Power These Men Have Over Us” Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by African Union Forces in Somali vulnerable women. The investigation team set up by…
Uganda: Busoga chiefs, "I urge you to unite", Not like Somalia
KaMPALA (HAN) October 8, 2014. Public diplomacy and National security news. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has called upon Busoga chiefs in Uganda to unite for the good of the Kingdom and Uganda at large. “I commend the unity among chiefs while electing the Kyabazinga. However, some chiefs are not here, I urge you…
Kenya: Somali Diaspora's Nightmare At Entebbe Airport
Nairobi (HAN) September 18, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news alert. By Fatima Najma. Somali Diaspora are Still Bleeding in Uganda. A few weeks ago, I embarked on a journey to Kampala, Uganda, with 30 media professionals for a 5-day media and reconciliation conference. With a luxury resort booked on Lake Victoria, we were…
Uganda: Al-Shabab elite suicide bombers slipped out of Kampala police orbit
Kampala (AN) September 18, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, by Edris Kiggundu. The Observer. Al-Shabaab elite suicide key suspected terrorists slipped out of the police’s orbit during the weekend crackdown on a cell in Kampala. The Observer writer Edris has learnt. Although 25 elite Al-Shabaab suspects had been arrested by press time,…
Uganda: Somali “before you dare touching their women, kill them first“
Kampala (HAN) September 14, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. Rape is cheaper than bullets in Uganda, Congo and Rwanda. Sexual violence is a devastating weapon in the war-torn Greater lakes provinces of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese army, peacekeepers (Ugandan soldiers) and rebel groups systematically use brutal gang…
Somali: AMISOM combat troops to Leave Somalia by End of 2016
Kampala (HAN) August 20, 2014 – Regional defense strategy and security news. The End of AMISOM mission roadmap in Somalia. According to Wanyoto, the process of Somalia becoming autonomous is almost achievable and that the only roadblock is the complete “flush out of Al-Shabaab” from the sea. “Going by the current projections, we are almost…
Uganda: IGAD mediation is the tool of achieving peace in the Horn of Africa
Kampala (HAN) August 19, 2014 – Regional diplomacy and security news. Regional envoys from IGAD member states meeting at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort hotel in Uganda’s capital Kampala have called for a standby mediation team to boost early warning mechanisms and also diffuse conflicts within the member states. IGAD’s executive secretary Ambassador Mahboub Maalim spoke at…
Somalia: Somali-Canadian Engagement for safety and Security
Toronto (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Safety & Security news: The purpose of the conference held in Toronto over the weekend was to educate Somali-Canadians about the new Office of Diaspora Affairs in Somalia and to mobilize the community to get involved in contributing to Somalia’s prosperous future and in the rebuilding of their homeland.…
Uganda: Previewing the U.S. Africa Leaders August 4-6 Summit Event
Kampala (HAN) August 3, 2014. U.S.Africa Leaders Summit Event. President Obama in August will welcome leaders from across the African continent to the Nation’s Capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the first such event of its kind. This Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government, will…
Uganda: African leaders to establish rapid standby force with technical capability
Kampala (HAN) July 20, 2014 – East African defense and security news. The Eastern African community region, including Uganda will be ready to deploy a 5,000 strong standby force by the end of 2014, the Uganda Maj. General Francis Okello said. The The Eastern African community forces will be comprised of troops from Uganda, Kenya,…
