Uganda

Uganda will join Iran war 'on the side of Israel,' military chief warns

"Israel has a right to exist and attacks against her must stop," Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said during a series of X/Twitter posts expressing his support.

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Muhoozi Kainerugaba of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who leads the Ugandan army's land forces, looks on during his birthday party in Entebbe, Uganda May 7, 2022.
A Silverback male mountain Gorilla sits in the dense jungle canopy on the edge of Uganda's Bwindi National Park.

First-ever chimp count in Uganda's Bwindi park shows 426 specimens, a boost for conservation

The Uganda Wildlife Authority announced its findings on Tuesday, noting the data would also help make better "conservation investments" in the park.

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Last known picture of Yoni Netanyahu

Uganda to build statue in memory of Yoni Netanyahu at site of daring hostage rescue - report

Yoni Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid, which freed Jewish hostages held at Entebbe after the hijacking of an Air France flight in 1976.

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File photo: Ugandan Members of Parliament stand as they participate during the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, at a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023.

Uganda abandons prosecution in first 'aggravated homosexuality' case under controversial 2023 law

The East African country enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2023, defying pressure from Western governments as well as local and international rights groups.

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After long legal fight, man from Ugandan Jewish community is approved for Israeli citizenship

Israel’s Interior Ministry, which handles applications for citizenship, this month approved the bid of Yosef Kibita, who first applied in 2018.

AUGUST 17, 2024ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Yosef Kibita poses with his new Israeli passport.

Ugandan court remands man accused of supporting rebels linked to Islamic State

A Ugandan man was charged with terrorism-related offenses for supporting the ADF, an IS-linked rebel group, by recruiting fighters and providing material support.

JULY 9, 2024ByREUTERS
Uganda High Court building, 9 September 2017.

Julia Sebutinde, who voted with Israel on all counts at ICJ, elected court's vice-president

She will serve alongside Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam, who was elected president of the court. They will hold their positions for three years.

FEBRUARY 8, 2024ByLEON KRAIEM
Julia Sebutinde, the only judge on the International Court of Justice to vote against all the provisional measures levied at Israel over its war in Gaza and alleged violations of the Genocide Convention.

Who is Julia Sebutinde, the only ICJ judge to oppose all measures against Israel?

The Ugandan justice even voted against the charges that Israel's own justice, Aharon Barak, voted yes on.

JANUARY 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Julia Sebutinde, the only judge on the International Court of Justice to vote against all the provisional measures levied at Israel over its war in Gaza and alleged violations of the Genocide Convention.

UN's Guterres condemns Israel for 'heartbreaking' killings in Gaza

"Israel's military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general," Guterres said at the opening of a summit in Uganda.

JANUARY 21, 2024ByREUTERS
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.

'Denying Palestinians statehood is unacceptable,' Guterres says

"Israel's military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general," Guterres said at the opening of a summit in Uganda.

JANUARY 21, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.

Uganda says Islamic State-allied rebels kill three in village attack

The ADF was originally an anti-Kampala rebel group that fought the government of President Yoweri Museveni from its bases in the Rwenzori mountains.

DECEMBER 26, 2023ByREUTERS
Ugandan security forces cordon the scene outside the Mpondwe Lhubirira Secondary School, after militants linked to rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed and abducted multiple people, in Mpondwe, western Uganda, June 17, 2023

Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives

OCTOBER 6, 2023ByREUTERS
Ugandan opposition leader and singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine arrives to address Ugandans living in South Africa on political issues in their home country, at the sports ground in Germiston, southeast of Johannesburg, South Africa, October 3, 2023.

43-year-old marries seven brides in a grand one-day event, including sisters

In a remarkable ceremony in Namagera, Uganda, a 43-year-old man took seven wives, including two sisters, all in one day.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE

The Uganda proposal - short story

A short story marks 120 years of the ‘road not taken’ in the history of Zionism.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByNACHSHON MEIR SPIEGELMAN
In background R, a Jewish community burns; at upper L, US president Theodore Roosevelt asks the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, ‘Now that you have peace without, why not remove his burden and have peace within your borders?’