The United States has warned of possible terror attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
The US embassy there issued the alert after receiving information that locations where Westerners frequent may be targeted.
“The US embassy has received information of possible terrorist threats to locations where Westerners, including US citizens, congregate in Kampala, and that an attack may take place soon,” the embassy said.
The US mission has cancelled some non-essential events scheduled at local hotels in the coming days, and urges it’s US citizens to expect increased security sweeps and delays when entering or exiting hotel areas.
It has been attacked in the past by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militants, and the embassy last issued an emergency warning last September – after which Ugandan police and security sources said they intercepted a transfer of suicide vests by suspected Al-Shabaab members.
The Islamists were also behind the September 2013 attack on the Westgate shopping mall in neighboring Kenya’s capital Nairobi, and recently issued a call for fresh attacks against such locations.
Uganda is a key contributor to the African Union force battling the Al-Shabaab inside Somalia.
