Legislators say the move is illegal without Parliament’s approval, while South Sudan denies the troops’ presence.

This is not the first time Uganda has deployed in South Sudan. The country’s army deployed in Juba and Bor in December 2013, when a fierce civil war erupted between Kiir and the forces loyal to Machar ...

Col Chris Magezi, the Military Assistant for Public Relations to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), has explained the presence of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) in South Sudan without ...

Uganda intervened in South Sudan in 2013 and 2016 to support President Kiir's government, protect nationals, stabilize the region, and safeguard infrastructure amid ongoing civil conflict ...

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the commander of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, yesterday announced that Uganda had sent commandos to support the South Sudanese Defence Forces in ...

which straddles the border between the two nations — to “control the escalating ethnic tensions in the region,” Uganda People’s Defence Force spokesman Felix Kulayigye said by phone from ...

According to Col Deo Akiiki, the military assistant to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), the meeting focused on regional security issues of mutual concern. The chief of Uganda People's Defence ...

he said. "Bunia will soon be in UPDF hands," he said in a separate post, referring to the Uganda People's Defence Force. Congo's Prime Minister Judith Suminwa told Reuters on the sidelines of an ...

JUBA, South Sudan - The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has confirmed the deployment of the elite forces to Sudan Sudan's capital, Juba, a move geared towards ...

NAIROBI - The Standard newspaper in Kenya has made a U-turn on the chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba after facing a backlash over comments it made about him ...