Somalia

Uganda and Somalia will hold a two-day (August-9-10) joint investment summit aimed at promoting Kampala-Mogadishu partnership through investment, trade and tourism.

Representatives from Somalia and Uganda on Thursday held a bilateral meeting on Defence cooperation at Speke Resort, Munyonyo.

The focus of the two-day conference is to review and amend the draft Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries.

The Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja met with the UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hannah Tetteh at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Mbuya.

Somalia has asked the African Union Commission (AUC) representative in the country to leave within a week after declaring him persona non grata.

The Commander of the UPDF Land Forces Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has concluded a five-day visit to the Ugandan troops in Sector I of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

Ten people were killed Friday night when a rickshaw loaded with explosives was detonated by Al-Shabaab Islamists at a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, according to police.

Airstrikes carried out by Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) troops killed over 31 al-Shabab terrorists and left 71 others with life-threatening injuries near the towns of Mishani-Beladamin.

The operation according to our sources was carried out on Wednesday, February 17. 

The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is investigating investigations circumstances under which its helicopter crashed on Friday in southern Somalia injuring four Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers.

By BBC Somalia analyst Mary Harper

Muslim clerics in conflict-hit Somalia are moving to the front-line of the battle against coronavirus in a bid to counter the propaganda of militant Islamists.

By BBC

An air strike in Somalia has killed a senior commander of militant Islamist group al-Shabab, state radio reports.