Colonel Michael Walaka Hyeroba, the Commander of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Contingent under the East African Community Regional Force received a joint team of researchers from Save the Children and the International Peace Support Training Centre – Kenya (IPSTC) who are on a resear
President Yoweri Museveni met senior army officers from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) at State House Entebbe.
The East African Community (TVEAC) Technical Evaluation Team (TET) led by the Burundi National Defence Forces (BNDF) Deputy Commander Land Force Maj Gen Ignace Sibomana visited the UPDF Contingent Force operating in DRC.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has finally become a member of the East African Community after depositing the instrument of ratification with the EAC Secretary General at the bloc’s headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
Youth from Democratic Republic of Congo attending the APRM Youth Continental Symposium in Kampala have called upon President Yoweri Museveni to champion peace in the Eastern region of the Congo.
A UPDF soldier was killed as the Congolese army (FARDC) and the Ugandan military (UPDF) battled ADF and ISCAP terrorists in a fire exchange on Monday.
President Yoweri Museveni on Monday morning arrived in Nairobi for a meeting convened by his Kenyan counterpart and EAC Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss the security situation in DRC.
The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) also known as Interahamwe have called for Genocide against Rwandans in the Democratic Republic of Congo province of Uvira.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo, sub-Sahara’s largest country, became the 7th member state of the East African Community (EAC) on 29th March 2022, joining Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The UPDF Chief of Military Intelligence Maj Gen James Birungi has met his Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) counterpart Maj Gen Michel Mandiangu Mbala.
The meeting was at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya.
