Al-Shabaab claim to hold Uganda soldiers

At least 50 African Union soldiers are believed to have been killed and another 50 are missing after Al-Shabaab militants overran a military camp in southern Somalia on Tuesday, according to Western military officials.

>That day they forced me to withdraw the remaining forces from Mutukula to Bigada. By the time we reached Bigada, everybody was trembling. This really weakened us. In early January 1979, my unit was relieved and went back to Masindi.

Zimbabwe and Morocco play out a goalless draw in their opening match in Group B at CHAN in Cape Town on Sunday.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and his former prime minister Amama Mbabazi have each been officially sanctioned as presidential candidates.

Wapiganaji wa kiislamu wa Alshabab wamesema katika maneno yao kuwa linawashikilia mateka wa kivita kutoka Uganda waliowateka wakati wa mashambulizi ya wiki iliyopita.

>Uganda warned today that Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab insurgents were planning to use fuel tankers as bombs, one day after Kenya thwarted a “massive” car bomb attack.

The Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura has rejected presidential aspirant, Amama Mababzi’s request to hold his second phase of consultation meetings in Northern Uganda.

Ugandan police said Sunday that 19 suspected Islamist Shabaab insurgents arrested in weekend raids had planned to carry out bomb attacks, as the US embassy said the immediate threat had been “countered”.

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday axed plans to hold a hearing in Uganda to confirm charges against a notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, fearing political tensions ahead of upcoming elections. Dominic Ongwen is the first commander of the brutal LRA rebel group -- led by the fugitive Joseph Kony -- to appear before the ICC, where he faces charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity.