Rodney Muhumuza
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 06:15
The African Union said on Saturday it will deploy rights observers and military monitors to violence-plagued Burundi following a visit to the country by five African leaders.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 05:07
Ugandan troops have started withdrawing from South Sudan to comply with a peace deal between South Sudan’s warring factions, Uganda’s military chief said Monday.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:29
The head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command, on a visit to Uganda, on Wednesday awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit to six Ugandan military officers, including the country’s top military commander, according to the U.S. Embassy in Uganda.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 06:24
The fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army is sickly and in retreat from an international manhunt that includes U.S. forces.
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 06:22
The United States says it's troubled by reports implicating Burundian security forces in the extra-judicial killings of at least 24 members of a rebel group who surrendered last month in the East African nation.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:57
About 3,000 child soldiers will be gradually released from an armed group in South Sudan, the United Nations children's agency said after 280 children were freed on Tuesday.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 07:03
A Ugandan court on Friday invalidated an anti-gay bill signed into law earlier this year, saying the measure is illegal because it was passed during a parliamentary session that lacked a quorum.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:24
The East African nation of Tanzania — long a force of quiet power in the region and a voice of restraint and non-interference in other countries' affairs — is embroiled in a potentially ugly feud with Rwanda and its press after Tanzania's president urged Rwanda's government to negotiate with a Congo-based Rwandan rebel group.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 08:29
Uganda's military said it believes a senior rebel commander with the infamous Lord's Resistance Army was killed last year in Central African Republic following an attack by African Union forces, inflicting a serious setback to the rebel group that is said to be in decline amid an international hunt for its leader, Joseph Kony.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:35
Rebels in South Sudan are forcibly recruiting civilians to march on the national capital, the military said, even as representatives of the warring factions gathered in neighboring Ethiopia for the expected start of peace talks Thursday.