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UPDF Doctor Dies In Al Shabab Christmas Attack
A Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) doctor was among nine people killed when Al Qaeda linked Al Shabab terrorists infiltrated an African Union forces’ base in Somalia on Christmas day. Uganda’s…
Senior Al-Shabaab official surrenders in Somalia
Somali Al-Shabaab fighters gathering in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, after a demonstration to support the merger of Al-Shabaab and the Al-Qaeda network. AFP Photo A top leader of…
Kagame & Mushikiwabo Desperate as FDLR / UN Plans Vicissitudes
In Summary: Kagame is isolated as the regional leaders disagree on the FDLR Strategy Kagame bought TL-50 air defense missiles from China which prompts him to threaten the region, but…
Attention Seeking: UN, Congo won’t attack FDLR, Rwanda says
FDLR rebels surrender in DR Congo on May 30, 2014. Latest report claims that the rebels are acquiring weapons from DRC soldiers instead of disarming. AFP PHOTO | JEAN-BAPTISTE BADHERA…
Journalist shot dead in eastern DRC
Goma - A journalist for state media in the Democratic Republic of Congo was shot dead on Friday in Goma in the vast country's restive east, officials said. Robert Chamwami…
Zuma moves to defuse Dar, Kampala, Kigali tensions
South African President Jacob Zuma (centre), Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni (right) met in Kampala on December 21. In their meeting, the two leaders discussed peace and security in the Great Lakes…
9 Dead As Al-Shabab Attack AU Somali Base
Gunmen have attacked the African Union’s main base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, leading to an exchange of gunfire between armed men and soldiers that left nine people killed. Among…
Zuma visit intended to help peace process in South Sudan, DRC
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma’s one-day visit on Monday to meet the presidents of Tanzania and Uganda was intended to further the peace process for war-torn South Sudan and the Democratic Republic…
15 bodies found in Lake Tanganyika
At least 15 bodies believed to be of victims of a boat accident - MV Mtambala which sank at Moba in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on December, 14…
Tanzania president fires minister over corruption
Anna Tibaijuka is the second top government figure to be sacked over a multi-million dollar energy sector corruption scandal Tanzania's minister for lands has been fired by President Jakaya Kikwete,…