President Yoweri Museveni on Friday, February 21, 2025, clarified what he termed misinformation by Al-Jazeera TV, which on Thursday claimed Uganda had deployed troops in Eastern Congo to help the ...

That was the main mission our troops went to Congo for. Along the way, two new tasks were added: protecting the jointly funded Kasindi- Beni-Butembo Road and being part of the East African Force that ...

Members of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) position themselves on the Ugandan side of the border town in Bunagana, Democratic Republic of Congo, while awaiting deployment on March 30, 2023.

The soldiers appeared to be planning for an extended fight. As late as Thursday, U.S. officials said, they were still seeking clarity from Ukrainian officials on the operation’s logic and rationale.

And while it does show Ugandan troops, they are not in Kenya. The photo appears in several news reports about the withdrawal of M23 rebels from the town of Bunagana in the eastern Democratic Republic ...

UPDF spokesman Felix Kulayigye told AFP Fact Check that “the photo is of Uganda peacekeepers when they arrived in Bunagana in the Democratic Republic of Congo in April last year”. In the past year, ...

Wazalendo Spokesperson, Jules Mulumba, had earlier on Feb.13 released a statement on X formerly Twitter accusing UPDF soldiers of fighting alongside M23 rebels to capture Sake town in the area.

Kulayigye said UPDF soldiers have never stepped in Sake and accused Mulumba of using photos of UPDF soldiers when they were on a legally sanction East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) ...

The army spokesman later said the two injured soldiers were rushed to the UPDF field hospital in Bunagana for treatment but later they were transferred to Kisoro Regional Referral Hospital.

UPDF has deployed in the general areas of Bunagana where they have set a foothold as they give M23 time to also vacate the general areas of Rutshuru, Kiwanja and Mabenga as agreed”.

"Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) has deployed in the general areas of Bunagana where they have set a foothold as they give M23 time to also vacate the general areas of Rutshuru, Kiwanja and ...

Ugandan army The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) deployed Friday while South Sudanese troops are expected to be airlifted to Goma by the KDF over the weekend. The UPDF is expected to take charge ...