Uganda To Withdraw Troops From Somalia Over UN's Congo Claims

President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour by the AU peace keeping force at their base in 2010. Newvision

Uganda To Withdraw Troops From Somalia, Says Mukasa -- BBC

Uganda will withdraw its forces from UN-backed international missions, Security Minister Muruli Mukasa says, escalating a long-running row.

Mr Mukasa said the government had sent an official to New York to inform the UN of this decision.

Operations in Somalia, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be affected.

The UN infuriated Kampala when it published an experts' report accusing Uganda of arming Congolese rebels.

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