UPDF denies claims of military aircraft shot down in S.Sudan

Members of the White Army at a rally in Nasir on April 14, 2014. PHOTO | FILE |

The Ugandan military has denied claims that a second one of its aircraft gunships had been shot down in South Sudan by rebel groups, as the United States condemned resumed violence in the country.

Col Paddy Akunda, the spokesman for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), told the Nation on Thursday that the claim was “a white lie”.