Ugandan government forces also recruit children. 22 Typically, children are recruited into the Local Defense Units (LDUs), also known as "home guards," which are intended to provide security for local ...

A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Kabale Municipality, South Western Uganda, for allegedly attempting to bribe Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) recruitment officers during an ongoing ...

A Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) recruitment exercise in Apac District turned tragic on Friday when a 22-year-old applicant collapsed and died shortly after completing a mandatory physical ...

The deceased, identified as Solomon Dono, a resident of Miciri B Cell, Aberidwogo Ward in Ibuje Town Council, collapsed after completing a 4km run at Apac Technical School, which was part of the ...

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has applauded the UPDF and sister security agencies for staging a "brilliant parade" during ...

Uganda’s military said Tuesday it had thwarted a bigger –planned- terrorist attack on Martyrs’ Day celebrations after intercepting a suspected female suicide bomber near a church in Munyonyo, a ...

The current conflict in northern Uganda began soon after the National Resistance Army (NRA) of President Yoweri Museveni took power in 1986 from Tito Okello Lutwa's government. Remnants of the ...