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EAC states to hold joint military drills in Uganda

A military training exercise by the British and Kenyan soldiers in Laikipia, northern Kenya. FILE PHOTO | AFP

By  Xinhua

News agency

More than 1,500 troops from the six East African Community (EAC) member states plan to carry out joint military drills in Uganda.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Ugandan army said civilians would join the troops in the exercise.

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