Published on 28/03/2025
Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has noted unsubstantiated and misleading reports in some social media channels with allegations that the Ugandan Airforce has dropped chemical and barrel weapons on rebel White Army positions in the Upper Nile and Jonglei states of the northern region of South Sudan.
The allegations are false because the UPDF neither possesses chemical weapons and barrel bombs nor does it operate systems designed to deliver them.
It should also be noted that the UPDF does not attack civilians or civilian objects. Great care is always taken to avoid this. The UPDF, using its proven precision strike capabilities endeavours to isolate and destroy only military targets.
It is observed as well that the AI generated propaganda schemes against the UPDF presence in South Sudan are being perpetuated by Dr. Riek Machar and his allies. The naysayers should be ignored. UPDF involvement in South Sudan is with the full authorization and support of the South Sudan government.
