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==Recent operations==

===African Union Mission in Somalia===
[[File:2017 04 Uganda CDF AMISOM FC Visit Barawe-6 (32103511035).jpg|thumb|Ugandan [[Chief of Defence Forces (Uganda)|Chief of Defence Forces]] General [[Katumba Wamala]] with Ugandan soldiers as part of AMISOM in 2017]]
The UPDF has more than 6,200 soldiers serving with the [[African Union Mission in Somalia]] (AMISOM).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://amisom-au.org/uganda-updf | title=Uganda - UPDF | work=AMISOM | access-date=2 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325030744/http://amisom-au.org/uganda-updf/ | archive-date=25 March 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref> The AMISOM force commander is Kenyan [[Lieutenant General]] [[Jonathan Rono]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://amisom-au.org/mission-profile/military-component |title=AMISOM Military Component, AMISOM, accessed 2 October 2016 |access-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321125255/http://amisom-au.org/mission-profile/military-component/ |archive-date=21 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The force commander in 2009, Ugandan [[Major General]] [[Nathan Mugisha]], was wounded in a car bomb attack on 17 September 2009 that left nine soldiers dead,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200909180007.html |title=allAfrica.com: Somalia: Top UPDF General Wounded in Somalia (Page 1 of 1) |access-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924232536/http://allafrica.com/stories/200909180007.html |archive-date=24 September 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> including Burundian Major General [[Juvenal Niyoyunguruza]], the second in command.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://levisionnaire-infos.blogspot.nl/2009/09/le-major-general-juvenal-niyoyunguruza.html | title=LE VISIONNAIRE: Le Major General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza trouve la mort en Somalie | work=Le Visionnaire | access-date=30 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527205316/http://levisionnaire-infos.blogspot.nl/2009/09/le-major-general-juvenal-niyoyunguruza.html | archive-date=27 May 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The United States has provided extensive training for UPDF contingents headed for Somalia. In the first half of 2012, Force Recon Marines from Special Purpose [[Marine Air-Ground Task Force]] 12 (SPMAGTF-12) trained soldiers from the UPDF.<ref>Nick Turse, [http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/election-year-outsourcing-no-ones-talking-about-us-fighting-proxy-wars-around-globe#.UCmI4bRfC9A.care2 The Election Year Outsourcing No One's Talking About: The U.S. Fighting Proxy Wars Around the Globe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193654/http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/election-year-outsourcing-no-ones-talking-about-us-fighting-proxy-wars-around-globe#.UCmI4bRfC9A.care2 |date=29 October 2013 }} TomDespatch.com/Alternet.org, 13 August 2012</ref>

In addition, a significant amount of support to AMISOM has been provided by private companies. "Bancroft Global Development, headquartered on Washington's Embassy Row, employs about 40 South African and European trainers who work with [AMISOM's] Ugandan and Burundian troops."<ref>Kevin J. Kelley, Somalia: How 'Quiet Americans' Helped Defeat Al Shabaab, Garoweonline.com, 22 Aug 2011.</ref> Bancroft director Michael Stock told ''[[The EastAfrican]]'' that these mentors are embedded with AMISOM units in Mogadishu and southern and central Somalia. They coach commanders on how to predict and defeat the tactics which foreign fighters bring from outside East Africa and teach to [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]].<ref name="Ghosts of Kampala"/>

On 12 August 2012, two Ugandan [[Mil Mi-24]]s flying from [[Entebbe]] across [[Kenya]] to Somalia crashed in rugged terrain in Kenya. They were found two days later, burned out, with no likely survivors from the ten Ugandan servicemen on board the two helicopters. Another aircraft from the same flight crashed on [[Mount Kenya]], and all seven Ugandan servicemen on board were rescued a day later. The aircraft were supporting AMISOM in the ongoing [[Somali War#War in Somalia (2009–present)|Somali Civil War]]. An accompanying [[Mil Mi-17]] transport helicopter landed without problems in the eastern Kenyan town of [[Garissa]] near the Somali border for a scheduled refuelling stop.<ref>[http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Burnt_wreckage_of_two_Ugandan_army_helicopters_found_army_999.html Burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters found] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209235013/http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Burnt_wreckage_of_two_Ugandan_army_helicopters_found_army_999.html|date=9 December 2013}}, [[Agence France-Presse]] via [[SpaceWar.com]], 14 October 2012, accessed 15 August 2012</ref>

In August 2014, AMISOM launched [[Operation Indian Ocean]] against al-Shabaab in Lower Shabelle and other coastal areas of southcentral Somalia.<ref name="Spsgdncfmaep">{{cite news | title=SOMALIA: President says Godane is dead, now is the chance for the members of al-Shabaab to embrace peace | url=http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/09/somalia-president-says-godane-is-dead-now-is-the-chance-for-the-members-of-al-shabaab-to-embrace-peace | access-date=6 September 2014 | agency=Raxanreeb | date=5 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906202740/http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/09/somalia-president-says-godane-is-dead-now-is-the-chance-for-the-members-of-al-shabaab-to-embrace-peace/ | archive-date=6 September 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref> On 1 September 2014, a U.S. drone strike carried out as part of the broader mission killed Al-Shabaab leader [[Moktar Ali Zubeyr]].<ref name="Pcdostl">{{cite news | title=Pentagon Confirms Death of Somalia Terror Leader | url=http://www.garoweonline.com/page/show/post/292/pentagon-confirms-death-of-somalia-terror-leader | access-date=6 September 2014 | agency=Associated Press | date=5 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906202437/http://www.garoweonline.com/page/show/post/292/pentagon-confirms-death-of-somalia-terror-leader | archive-date=6 September 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> According to Pentagon spokesperson Admiral John Kirby, the Ugandan AMISOM forces had informed U.S. intelligence about where Godane and other Al-Shabaab leaders were meeting and provided information on a convoy of vehicles in which he was traveling.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201409181341.html | title=allAfrica.com: Uganda: More Information Emerges on How Intelligence From Uganda Forces Led to the Killing of Alshabaab Leader | work=allAfrica.com | date=18 September 2014 | access-date=30 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502101345/http://allafrica.com/stories/201409181341.html | archive-date=2 May 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref>

Al-Shabaab subsequently threatened an attack in Uganda for the UPDF contingent's role within AMISOM and the strike on Godane.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/659464-uganda-gave-us-crucial-intel-on-al-shabaab-leader.html | title=Uganda gave US crucial intel on Al Shabaab leader | date=6 September 2014 | access-date=30 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026151203/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/659464-uganda-gave-us-crucial-intel-on-al-shabaab-leader.html | archive-date=26 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-islamist-threat-idUSKBN0H41KS20140909 | title=Somali militants threaten U.S. attacks to avenge leader's death | work=Reuters | date=9 September 2014 | access-date=30 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026152826/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/09/us-somalia-islamist-threat-idUSKBN0H41KS20140909 | archive-date=26 October 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> The Ugandan security services, with the assistance of the U.S. military and intelligence, then identified and foiled a major Al-Shabaab terrorist attack in the Ugandan capital Kampala. They recovered suicide vests, other explosives, and small arms and detained Al-Shabaab operatives.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/uganda-forces-discover-suicide-vests-ieds-at-suspected-terrorist-cell-1410783132 | title=Uganda Forces Discover Suicide Vests, Explosives at Suspected Terrorist Cell | first=Nicholas | last=Bariyo | date=15 September 2014 | work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date=30 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920141607/http://online.wsj.com/articles/uganda-forces-discover-suicide-vests-ieds-at-suspected-terrorist-cell-1410783132 | archive-date=20 September 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newsweek.com/ugandan-police-seize-explosives-suicide-vests-suspected-al-shabaab-cell-270345 |title=UGANDAN POLICE SEIZE EXPLOSIVES, SUICIDE VESTS FROM SUSPECTED AL SHABAAB CELL |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=22 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921203501/http://www.newsweek.com/ugandan-police-seize-explosives-suicide-vests-suspected-al-shabaab-cell-270345 |archive-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-15/uganda-raids-suspected-terror-cell/5743746 | title=Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspected terrorist cell in capital of Kampala | work=ABC News | date=14 September 2014 | access-date=30 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405061945/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-15/uganda-raids-suspected-terror-cell/5743746 | archive-date=5 April 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref>

On 10 August 2021 [[Golweyn ambush|Ugandan AMISOM soldiers were ambushed]] by Al-Shabab near [[Golweyn]] in [[Lower Shabelle]]. A gunfight ensued in which one UPDF soldier died. But ''after'' the gunfight with the insurgents the Ugandan troops allegedly killed 7 Somali civilians. AMISOM immediately launched an investigation that will report its findings on 6 September 2021.<ref>[https://madmimi.com/p/ab2ab21?pact=535-164327303-6296597157-3820082d33673daeb961b392ce199c2d00568be5 AMISOM launches investigation into Golweyn incident in the Lower Shabelle Region], AMISOM Press release PR/20/2021, 11 August 2021. Only a few days later, this Press Release was deleted from [https://amisom-au.org/ the AMISOM website].</ref><ref>[https://amisom-au.org/2021/08/amisom-commits-to-swift-and-transparent-inquiry-into-golweyn-incident/ AMISOM commits to swift and transparent inquiry into golweyn incident], AMISOM Press release PR/21/2021, 21 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_somali-governor-says-au-soldiers-killed-civilians-after-al-shabab-ambush/6209636.html Somali Governor Says AU Soldiers Killed Civilians After Al-Shabab Ambush], VOA -News (Voice of America), 16 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://newscentral.africa/2021/08/17/somali-governor-accuses-au-soldiers-of-killing-civilians-after-al-shabaab-ambush/ Somali Governor Accuses AU Soldiers of Killing Civilians After Al-Shabaab Ambush] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817091956/https://newscentral.africa/2021/08/17/somali-governor-accuses-au-soldiers-of-killing-civilians-after-al-shabaab-ambush/ |date=17 August 2021 }}, NewsCentral TV, 17 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://shahidinews.co.ke/2021/08/12/amisom-probing-alleged-death-of-civilians-at-hands-of-uganda-peoples-defense-forces-in-somalia/ AMISOM Probing Alleged Death Of Civilians At Hands Of Uganda People's Defense Forces In Somalia], Shahidi News, Kenya, 12 August 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-58295722 AMISOM: "Toddobadii qof ee aan ku dilnay deegaanka Golweyn ma ahayn Al-Shabaab" (AMISOM: "The seven people we killed in Golweyn were not Al-Shabaab")], BBC, 22 August 2021.</ref>{{Update inline|date=December 2021}}

===African Union Regional Task Force===

In November 2011, the [[Peace and Security Council]] of the [[African Union]] (AU) authorized a Regional Co-operation Initiative (RCI) for eliminating the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA had been forced out of Uganda and was roaming remote areas of (what is now) [[South Sudan]], the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the [[Central African Republic]] (CAR). The RCI was planned to consist of three elements: a Joint Co-ordination Mechanism chaired by the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security and made up of the Ministers of Defence of the four affected countries (Uganda, South Sudan, the DRC, and the CAR); a Regional Task Force Headquarters; and, the [[African Union-led Regional Task Force|Regional Task Force]] (RTF) of up to 5,000 troops from the four countries.<ref>African Union, 2015, The African Union-Led Regional Task Force for the elimination of the LRA, African Union Peace and Security, last updated 23 November 2015, accessed 2 January 2017, http://www.peaceau.org/en/page/100-au-led-rci-lra-1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130062623/http://www.peaceau.org/en/page/100-au-led-rci-lra-1 |date=30 January 2017 }}</ref>

United States special forces were already assisting Ugandan forces in their operations against the LRA in the DRC and the CAR.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/DN2/The-hunt-for-Kony-/957860-1257588-d6r7gyz/index.html | title=The hunt for Kony | date=18 October 2011 | access-date=17 January 2017 | last=Gisesa | first=Nyambega | newspaper=[[Daily Nation]] | location=Nairobi | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118114229/http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/DN2/The-hunt-for-Kony-/957860-1257588-d6r7gyz/index.html | archive-date=18 January 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/2466686-1285462-format-xhtml-npg2ty/index.html | title=US commandos venture into Kony's killing fields | date=12 July 2011 | last=Butagira | first=Tabu | work=[[Daily Monitor|The Monitor]] | location=[[Kampala]] | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427044508/http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/2466686-1285462-format-xhtml-npg2ty/index.html | archive-date=27 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, these forces were still assisting the RTF.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2014/03/23/aa468ca6-b2d0-11e3-8020-b2d790b3c9e1_story.html | title=On the hunt for Joseph Kony | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | last=De Young | first=Karen | date=23 March 2014 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120145911/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2014/03/23/aa468ca6-b2d0-11e3-8020-b2d790b3c9e1_story.html | archive-date=20 January 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>

The RTF started to take form in September 2012. By February 2013, the RTF had 3,350 soldiers and had finished deploying to the three sectors envisioned, with bases at Dungu, Obo, and Nzara (South Sudan).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://unoca.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?ctl=Details&tabid=3760&mid=6487&ItemID=539864 | title=FIGHT AGAINST THE LRA: UN welcomes handover of troops to the African Union Regional Task Force | publisher=United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa | date=September 2012 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914141321/http://unoca.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?ctl=Details&tabid=3760&mid=6487&ItemID=539864 | archive-date=14 September 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1314407/drc-troop-deployment-boost-anti-lra-efforts | title=DRC troop deployment a boost to anti-LRA efforts | newspaper=[[New Vision]] | location=[[Kampala]] | last=Baguma | first=Raymond | date=17 February 2013 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607075336/http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1314407/drc-troop-deployment-boost-anti-lra-efforts | archive-date=7 June 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The RTF headquarters is at Yambio in South Sudan. The first Force Commander was Ugandan Colonel [[Dick Olum]] and the Deputy Force Commander was Colonel Gabriel Ayok Akuok.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1307056/welcomes-au-force-hunt-kony | title=UN welcomes AU force to hunt down Kony | newspaper=[[New Vision]] | location=[[Kampala]] | last=Mukasa | first=Henry | date=19 September 2012 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427120427/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1307056/welcomes-au-force-hunt-kony | archive-date=27 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

RTF operations, however, were plagued with difficulties, including the fact that Ugandan forces were restricted from operating in the DRC.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Boko Haram and international law |date=2018 |editor=John-Mark Iyi |editor2=H. A. Strydom |isbn=978-3-319-74957-0 |location=Cham |page=79 |oclc=1043872475 |publisher=Springer}}</ref>

In October 2014, RTF Commander Brigadier [[Sam Kavuma]] was deployed to Somalia<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UPDF-sends-2700-troops-to-Somalia--names-new-Commander/688334-2502526-a6ly0g/index.html | title=UPDF sends 2700 troops to Somalia, names new Commander | work=[[Daily Monitor|The Monitor]] | location=[[Kampala]] | date=28 October 2014 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018203219/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UPDF-sends-2700-troops-to-Somalia--names-new-Commander/688334-2502526-a6ly0g/index.html | archive-date=18 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and his place taken by Brigadier Lucky Kidega<ref name="Who">{{cite web |last=Kasasira |first=Risdel |date=27 November 2014 |title=Who is who? List of UPDF top brass and what they do |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Who-is-who--List-of-UPDF-top-brass-and-what-they-do/691232-2536060-d2qq7g/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128193039/http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Who-is-who--List-of-UPDF-top-brass-and-what-they-do/691232-2536060-d2qq7g/index.html |archive-date=28 November 2016 |access-date=15 January 2017 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |location=Kampala}}</ref> By March 2016, the Ugandan RTF Commander was Colonel [[Richard Otto (military officer)|Richard Otto]].<ref>Tumwesigye, Capt. Stephen, 2016, Dominic Ongwen's Accomplice Escapes Death, ''Tarehe Sita'' (The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Magazine) vol. 29, no. 3, March 2016, pp. 26–27.</ref>

During January 2016, UPDF 11 Battalion was based with the RTF in the CAR.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Soldier-sentenced-to-10-months-for-losing-gun/688334-3356366-hds5sm/index.html | title=Soldier sentenced to 10 months for losing gun | work=[[Daily Monitor|The Monitor]] | location=[[Kampala]] | last=Owich | first=James | date=25 August 2016 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019055136/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Soldier-sentenced-to-10-months-for-losing-gun/688334-3356366-hds5sm/index.html | archive-date=19 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In mid-2016, it was reported that Uganda would withdraw its contribution to the RTF by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2016/07/01/mission-not-accomplished | title=Mission (Not) Accomplished: Uganda gives up the hunt too soon for Kony and the LRA | publisher=[[The New Humanitarian|IRIN]] | last=Okiror | first=Samuel | date=1 July 2016 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010335/http://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2016/07/01/mission-not-accomplished | archive-date=6 January 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>

===South Sudan Civil War===
December 2013: Uganda reportedly deploys troops to Juba to evacuate Ugandan nationals following outbreak of fighting.

13 January 2014: President Museveni speaks of battle 90&nbsp;km south of Bor involving UPDF.

16 January 2014: Colonel [[Kayanja Muhanga]] announced as UPDF force commander in South Sudan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Museveni Appoints New Head of Operations In South Sudan|first=Risdel|last=Kasasira|date=13 January 2014|
url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni-appoints-new-head-of-operations-in-South-Sudan/-/688334/2143796/-/xxg7tl/-/index.html| access-date=26 May 2014|publisher=[[Daily Monitor]]}}</ref>

January 2014: Ambush and battle reported at Tabakeka, a few kilometres outside Bor, with nine UPDF fatalities and 46 wounded.

22 January 2014: Updated casualty report says nine UPDF dead and a dozen wounded, including: Captain Celistine Egau, Sergeant Santos Ochen, Private Richard Oyaka and Private Arthur Mbagira.

9 February 2014: Colonel Kayanja Muhanga, Officer Commanding "Zulu Task Force", promoted to Brigadier.

21 October 2015: First re-deployment of troops out of South Sudan, from forward base in Bor, about 190&nbsp;km north of Juba.

9 December 2015: Mention of c. 3000 men from South Sudan in seven battalions registering late for upcoming Ugandan election.

14-18 July 2016: Ugandan forces under Brigadier Kayanja Muhanga undertake Operation Okoa Wanaichi in South Sudan, "successfully evacuating up to 40,000 Ugandans and 100 other nationalities who were fleeing the fighting."<ref>'Sum up of the South Sudan Evacuation Mission,' MOD Uganda website, 5 August 2016, accessed 12 August 2016, [http://portal.defence.go.ug:10039/wps/portal/mod-home/MOD-latest-news/sum%20up%20of%20the%20south%20sudan%20evacuation%20mission/!ut/p/a1/zZRNc9owEIb_ii8cjdbCH3JunmTqQgC3-QRfMsLIsgi2jCWbNr8-guSUlhCmHKqLZmd339l9pF2UohlKK9oJTrWQFV3v7NR_ChMgzjXgUfIdvkFE4ukQJzG-jV0TMDcBcOBE8CH_Loggih-Cn8k4HA6vPfSIUpRmla51gea1bDRdW0po1oOXw7IU9u5QGtlnwCupAwqUd8FGrkMhnr0P7gJyoIRXAkuOFXd7oNrSamtL5pYumKVkqwtLtUtaWayjWbtv3yqFUubeVVhTzpZMCf5mZWKJ5jkmjgOOb_ueQ2zXdR174ebEZgvfcz2ahVmG3_l8AuAI3z2fI4SPMR4dCzBFRtViQDhKG5azhjX9tjGPX2hdX_QM7O12218aT5WxPpf9lvfgb0mFVBrN_ghGcwMhONxlgG5PpPq5IMHnFhycWTBx_1WQ3F9dQjSe_BjhhxuIp3DuCv2TBUdf2BW4mVxO-G6edGGLKpdodtIoGgmx2mzSyCwNWWn2y_y3_3Rr1OV9SVb52L8hvwfrriyfplObLggMvLp7ucvLR6JeAR4T7dQ!/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ MOD Latest News ]{{Dead link|date=March 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}></ref>

===UN Guard Unit, Somalia===
The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) was established on 3 June 2013 by UN Security Council Resolution 2102 and works alongside AMISOM in Somalia. In 2014 it was decided the mission needed a guard unit to secure and protect UN personnel and their installations in Somalia. Uganda has provided this unit, initially of 410 personnel, since 2014. The United Nations Guard Unit, or UNGU, is based at Mogadishu Airport.<ref>'UN Guard Unit begins work in Mogadishu', Relief Web, 18 May 2014 https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/un-guard-unit-begins-work-mogadishu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044313/https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/un-guard-unit-begins-work-mogadishu |date=6 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>'UN-UPDF Guard Units Sets Off For Somalia', Red Pepper, 17 April 2014, http://www.redpepper.co.ug/un-updf-guard-units-sets-off-for-somalia/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011145721/http://www.redpepper.co.ug/un-updf-guard-units-sets-off-for-somalia/ |date=11 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>'AMISOM commends Ugandan UN battalion after a tour of duty in Somalia', AMISOM News, 27 June 2016.</ref><ref>'Forces welcomed from Somalia', Ministry of Defence and Veteran's Affairs Uganda, 5 August 2016, [http://portal.defence.go.ug:10039/wps/portal/mod-home/MOD-latest-news/forces%20welcomed%20from%20somalia/!ut/p/a1/zZNNc9owEIb_CheORhvhD6k3TzpxIICT5qPgS0a2JVnEloytQCe_voLpKS2kmXKobju7-87us3pRhpYo02yrJLPKaFbv4yx8pimQixvA0_QariAmyWKC0wTfJ74rWLkCOPJieNf_EMUQJ0_RXTqjk8lNgL6jDGWFtq2t0Ko1nWX1oFeWD-HtuCyDQ5oaJ_sCeG1sxIDJbbQxNVXqJXiXrkAAI1IrbCTupT8EYbqC94MdrwvT8HIgOtMMetOwWrH9RC2TvOS9kvoQFapEqzyILmgQhB4pCur5DDOPUM48mvslIxQEHoe_eJxY-AOeBx6niU4_YupmiHU-JhJlHRe8493otXO3rKxtvwwdu91uNypdRhd8JM3oVQ7hT02V6S1a_laMVm7H6PgSEbr_JLTTggSfW3B8ZsHU_1dB8vj1EuLZ_HaKn75BsoBzTxh-WnD6F9bH3fxyLvd2sZWntDBoedJZrkWtN5ssdp432vIf7n_9J6Zvm8eGrMUsFHMb5EG7fXsQTfO8WHgsJzAO6u0s_gnVFt3v/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ MOD Latest News]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043358/http://portal.defence.go.ug:10039/wps/portal/mod-home/MOD-latest-news/forces%20welcomed%20from%20somalia/!ut/p/a1/zZNNc9owEIb_CheORhvhD6k3TzpxIICT5qPgS0a2JVnEloytQCe_voLpKS2kmXKobju7-87us3pRhpYo02yrJLPKaFbv4yx8pimQixvA0_QariAmyWKC0wTfJ74rWLkCOPJieNf_EMUQJ0_RXTqjk8lNgL6jDGWFtq2t0Ko1nWX1oFeWD-HtuCyDQ5oaJ_sCeG1sxIDJbbQxNVXqJXiXrkAAI1IrbCTupT8EYbqC94MdrwvT8HIgOtMMetOwWrH9RC2TvOS9kvoQFapEqzyILmgQhB4pCur5DDOPUM48mvslIxQEHoe_eJxY-AOeBx6niU4_YupmiHU-JhJlHRe8493otXO3rKxtvwwdu91uNypdRhd8JM3oVQ7hT02V6S1a_laMVm7H6PgSEbr_JLTTggSfW3B8ZsHU_1dB8vj1EuLZ_HaKn75BsoBzTxh-WnD6F9bH3fxyLvd2sZWntDBoedJZrkWtN5ssdp432vIf7n_9J6Zvm8eGrMUsFHMb5EG7fXsQTfO8WHgsJzAO6u0s_gnVFt3v/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |date=6 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>'UN Guard Unit members complete one-year tour of duty in Somalia', UNSOM News (UN Assistance Mission in Somalia), 18 July 2017, https://unsom.unmissions.org/un-guard-unit-members-complete-one-year-tour-duty-somalia</ref>
* UNGU I (Lt. Col. Wycliffe Keita) – May 2014 to mid-2015
* UNGU II (Lt. Col. Richard Walekura) – mid-2015 to August 2016
* UNGU III (Lt. Col. Keith Katungi) – August 2016 to July 2017
* UNGU IV (Lt. Col. Mike Hyeroba) – July 2017 to mid-2018
* UNGU V (Lt. Col. Stuart Agaba), 529 personnel – mid-2018 to July 2019<ref>'New UN Guard Takes Over Duties', UPDF website, 26 July 2019, https://www.updf.go.ug/NEW_UNITED_NATIONS_GUARD_UNIT_TAKES_OVER_DUTIES.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818010425/https://www.updf.go.ug/NEW_UNITED_NATIONS_GUARD_UNIT_TAKES_OVER_DUTIES.php |date=18 August 2019 }}, accessed 18 August 2019.</ref><ref>'UPDF Troops Welcomed From Somalia', UPDF website, August 2019, https://www.updf.go.ug/UPDF_TROOPS_WELCOMED_FROM_SOMALIA.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818010406/https://www.updf.go.ug/UPDF_TROOPS_WELCOMED_FROM_SOMALIA.php |date=18 August 2019 }}, accessed 18 August 2019.</ref>
* UNGU VI (Lt. Col. Nathan Bainomugisha) - July 2019<ref>'D/ CDF Flags off UGABAG XXVIII & UNGU VI', UPDF website, 18 July 2019, https://www.updf.go.ug/Deputy_Chief_of_Defence_Forces_Flagsoff_UGABAG_XXVIII_and_UNGU_VI.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818010403/https://www.updf.go.ug/Deputy_Chief_of_Defence_Forces_Flagsoff_UGABAG_XXVIII_and_UNGU_VI.php |date=18 August 2019 }}, accessed 18 August 2019.</ref> to August 2020.
* UNGU VII (Lt. Col. Francis Odikiro), 600 personnel - deployed August 2020.<ref>'Uganda's 7th UN Guard Unit Flagged off to Somalia', UPDF website, August 2020, <https://www.updf.go.ug/Uganda_7th_UN_Guard_Unit_Flagged_off_to_Somalia.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926044739/https://updf.go.ug/Uganda_7th_UN_Guard_Unit_Flagged_off_to_Somalia.php |date=26 September 2020 }}> accessed 17 September 2020.</ref>
* UNGU VIII (Lt. Col. Peter Magungu, or Mabunga), 625 personnel - to February 2023.<ref>'UPDF Changes Command of the United Nations Guard Unit in Somalia', UPDF website, 27 February 2023, <https://www.updf.go.ug/missions/updf-changes-command-of-the-united-nations-guard-unit-in-somalia/></ref>
* UNGU IX (Lt. Col. Peter Okwi Omeja )- February 2023 to present.<ref>'UPDF Sends 2450 Strong UPDF Troops to Serve In Somalia Under UN And AU', UPDF website, 17 March 2023, <https://www.updf.go.ug/missions/updf-sends-2450-strong-updf-troops-to-serve-in-somalia-under-un-and-au/></ref>

===Uganda Military Training and Mentoring Team, Equatorial Guinea===
During February 2017 Uganda deployed a UPDF team to Equatorial Guinea to assist in the training of that country's armed forces.<ref>Binnie, J. (2019)
Uganda reveals size of training mission in Equatorial Guinea, ''Jane's Defence Weekly'', 23 January 2019.</ref> The second contingent of 248 personnel was welcomed back in Uganda in January 2019 when a third team was dispatched.<ref>'UPDF Troops Welcomed from Equatorial Guinea and Somalia', Ministry of Defence and Veterans' Affairs Uganda, 22 January 2019, [http://portal.defence.go.ug:10039/wps/portal/mod-home/MOD-latest-news/updf%20troops%20welcomed%20from%20equatorial%20guinea%20and%20somalia/!ut/p/a1/zZJNT8JAEIb_Sj14bHa69PPYYKx8VgUVeiFDu10W293SLmj49RbiRRM0Kgf3NpnJs--875CEzEgicSc4aqEkFoc6cRdBDL41ANqPb-AaQj8a92gc0UlkkyeSkCSVutIrMq9UrbEwGqHZJezdBZx4CMd2oFrsM9C10h4C8p23UUUgxLPzqb2CHNDnUlDFacPtS9hWWW7oWqmqMV5YkaqSZUZeq9Jgmy1qVYtWB98KydBAmRmNKrEQeBBbIWcZawSXxyoVGZl7ToCZRVMTLCs1bQyoubRdalIEp8N8K3ddq_VinpzeKYTvrOp_N9B-QOtRd8QPIvXKFDJXZPbbVVuaWG82Sdjmo6Rmr5rM_n9Ax3v6YNPUCyGMHr27eBj0egPnfeCLHOZtUN5poz0y-WHyXwN9em5g58zA2P4r0H-46kI4HN326eM9RGM4t0L3x8CqLP11PnSK3TCf3JblYjw2celDx6l2-2l48Qa4y0wP/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ MOD Latest News]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043206/http://portal.defence.go.ug:10039/wps/portal/mod-home/MOD-latest-news/updf%20troops%20welcomed%20from%20equatorial%20guinea%20and%20somalia/!ut/p/a1/zZJNT8JAEIb_Sj14bHa69PPYYKx8VgUVeiFDu10W293SLmj49RbiRRM0Kgf3NpnJs--875CEzEgicSc4aqEkFoc6cRdBDL41ANqPb-AaQj8a92gc0UlkkyeSkCSVutIrMq9UrbEwGqHZJezdBZx4CMd2oFrsM9C10h4C8p23UUUgxLPzqb2CHNDnUlDFacPtS9hWWW7oWqmqMV5YkaqSZUZeq9Jgmy1qVYtWB98KydBAmRmNKrEQeBBbIWcZawSXxyoVGZl7ToCZRVMTLCs1bQyoubRdalIEp8N8K3ddq_VinpzeKYTvrOp_N9B-QOtRd8QPIvXKFDJXZPbbVVuaWG82Sdjmo6Rmr5rM_n9Ax3v6YNPUCyGMHr27eBj0egPnfeCLHOZtUN5poz0y-WHyXwN9em5g58zA2P4r0H-46kI4HN326eM9RGM4t0L3x8CqLP11PnSK3TCf3JblYjw2celDx6l2-2l48Qa4y0wP/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |date=6 March 2019 }}</ref> The foreign mission is known as the Uganda Military Training and Mentoring Team, abbreviated as UMTMT.
* UMTMT 1 – 100–150 personnel; deployed February 2017
* UMTMT 2 – 248 personnel; until January 2019
* UMTMT 3 – Deployed January 2019
* UMTMT 4
* UMTMT 5 (Col. James Kato Kalyebara) - completed 'post-mission ideological training course' during January 2022.<ref>'Battle Group XXXI and Military Training Team Complete Post Mission Ideological Training', UPDF website, 15 January 2022, <http://www.defence.go.ug/home/newsandevents/71.0 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116115239/http://www.defence.go.ug/home/newsandevents/71.0 |date=16 January 2022 }}></ref>