Can their new plan stave-off coup fear? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Feb.11, President Yoweri Museveni who had not ventured outside East Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Uganda in March, 2020, flew thousands of miles to Congo-Brazzaville and Senegal. A statement from State House said President Yoweri …
Read More »8 ADF attackers neutralized by FARDC forces
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 14 people have died in clashes between Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels and the Congolese army in Irumu territory, North Kivu Province. The clashes occurred on Saturday in Katabeyi village on the Luna-Komanda section when rebels ambushed and opened fire at a convoy of over …
Read More »12 ADF rebels appear in military court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 12 suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels were on Friday paraded before the garrison military court in Beni city, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The suspects are Teni Madame Kolo, a Kenyan national, Kauseni Ndiya Buchanga and Kase Selemani, all Rwandan nationals. Others are Kasereka Molamo …
Read More »Uganda ordered to pay $325m to DR Congo in war damages
The long awaited judgment found the two countries in similar circumstances that led to the case Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Twenty three years after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) instituted proceedings against Uganda on accounts of armed aggression, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), there has …
Read More »Mambasa raid leaves 23 ADF rebels dead
Bunia, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 23 members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have been killed during attacks carried out by the Joint team of the Uganda peoples defence forces and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Mambasa territory, Ituri province. According …
Read More »UPDF captures Boga airfield in DRC
Bunia, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda people Defense Forces (UPDF) and the Congolese army have captured Boga Airfield from the fleeing Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels. The mineral-rich Boga located about 68Kms from Bunia has been under the control of the rebels. The area locally referred to as …
Read More »UPDF bombs ADF positions in Irumu forest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces and the Congolese Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have bombed more entrenched positions of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in Irumu forest, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the spokesman for the Congolese army in …
Read More »More Congolese refugees flock Uganda following fresh ADF attacks
Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More Congolese refugees are entering Uganda through Bundibugyo district following fresh Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebel attacks in Eastern parts of DRC. The latest attack happened on Monday in Misio village, 7kms from Busunga border point. It followed Friday’s staged attacks where three civilians were reportedly …
Read More »UPDF discovers seven mass graves in North Kivu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF have discovered at least seven mass graves near Kambi Ya Yua in North Kivu, the former stronghold of the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces-ADF. Kambi Ya Yua found in Virunga forest is estimated to have hosted over 500 ADF members. …
Read More »Fighting home-grown terrorists
Security experts say attacks on Kampala woke them up, want IGAD regional strategy Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Director of the Security Sector Programme of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Commander Abebe Muluneh Beyene is always on the look-out for terrorist activity. He records attacks. And he has …
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