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Ugandan leader hands son command of elite military unit ahead of poll Ugandas long-ruling President Yoweri Musevni on Wednesday appointed his son, a general in the military, to head the countrys special forces, a move some critics said signalled a possible escalation of opposition harassment. Muhoozi previously commanded the unit but stepped down in 2017 and became a presidential adviser. The opposition has long accused Museveni of favouring SFC forces over regular troops.Reuters | Kampala |...

  Ugandas President Yoweri Museveni has reappointed his eldest son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the head of Uganda’s Special Forces Command, an elite unit with the responsibility of guarding the president and first family. Gen Kainerugaba has had a meteoric rise through the ranks of the army, having trained at the British academy Sandhurst and other military programmes in the US, Egypt and South Africa. He also serves as presidential advisor on special operations and regains his position a...

What US sanctions can do to generals December 16, 2020 Written by ROBERT SPIN MUKASA US lawmakers have focused their recent anger against Uganda and the ruling NRM government’s use of force to slow the march of the coronav...

U.S. Marines are Training Taiwanese Forces (and Beijing is Furious) Despite the fact that Washington maintains no formal relations with Taiwan, which has a democratically-elected government, current U.S. law—the Taiwan Relations Act—requires that it ensures that Taiwan can defend itself. It has been in place for more than forty years, and ensures Taipeis defense needs. Heres What You Need To Remember: This is not the first time that U.S. forces have trained Taiwanese ones - but it is usual...

Taarifa Rwanda Published 4 months ago 0share Seven top to middle commanders of security forces in Uganda could soon find themselves on America’s list of Specially Delegated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN). This list has individuals targeted under various U.S. sanctions programs. The seven commanders include Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu, the Commander of Land Forces, Maj. Gen. James Birungi, the Commander of the Special Forces Command, Maj. Gen. Don William Nabasa, the former Commander of the Sp...

The East African Saturday December 12 2020 America is considering possible sanctions on a number of military and police officers over violence and human rights abuses in Uganda. PHOTO | FILE Summary Uganda government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo said the US government should stop “rhetorical condemnations” and work with Ugandan nationals and local non-governmental organisations to “secure accountability for citizens who have been subjected to arbitrary arrests, torture and extrajudicial ki...

The US House of Representatives committee on Foreign Affairs wants the top military and police officers to be sanctioned over their role in human rights abuses in Uganda

By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer | Published: December 11, 2020 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — Gunshots rang out across Fort Bragg gun ranges Wednesday, but it wasnt just soldiers pulling the trigger. The soldiers were joined by Olympic medalist Shawn Johnson and her NFL husband Andrew East, country music singers Chuck Wicks and Lee Brice, Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Randy Couture, Mixed Martial Arts fighter Dan Henderson and former "Bachelor...

December 11, 2020 Police detain one of Bobi Wines supporters recently The United States of America (USA) says it is closely paying attention to the actions of individuals who seek to impede the democratic processes in Uganda in the run-up to the 2021 elections. In a press statement released on Thursday, the US secretary of state Michael Pompeo said that the United States expects its partners to live up to their obligations to hold free and fair elections. Ugandans will go to the polls on Janua...

comments Master Sgt. William Lavigne II, 37, was found dead in the training area of Fort Bragg on December 2 alongside the body of Army veteran Timothy Dumas, 44 New reports reveal that Lavigne was previously investigated in the 2018 death his friend and fellow special forces operator Sgt. First Class Mark Leshikar Lavigne fatally shot Leshikar in front of his five-year-old daughter He claimed that Leshikar was acting paranoid and had threatened him in his own home with a screwdriver Yet no s...