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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officials have expressed concern about the lack of concern among Ugandans regarding the existing terror threats. This follows a spot inspection by the police and military to various crowded areas where they found many people going about their businesses normally, which jeopardizes their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce (JATT) has killed three suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists in an operation that started from Kampala and ended in Kiboga district. JATT alongside Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) first arrested Shaqur Othuman in Kampala and he later revealed the hideout …

Kasese, Uganda | THEE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Force(UPDF) has denied claims that three students of Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Secondary School that were abducted by the Allied Democratic Forces(ADF) rebels had escaped from captivity. Last week, suspected members of the ADF rebel group attacked the school resulting in the loss of …

Terror group’s new funding, wider networks exposed COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | A well-orchestrated attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Kasese District on June 16 that left 43 people dead; 37 of whom were students, has left the nation in shock and agony. The government has pinned the notorious Allied …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs has attributed the attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Kasese District by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels to late, and inaccurate information relayed to the army. Vincent Ssempijja told Members of Parliament on Thursday that when the …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies have arrested 20 people suspected to have aided the Allied Democratic Forces – ADF rebels to attack Lhubiriha secondary School in Kasese District on Friday. The attackers raided the school at Mpondwe town which is about 2 kilometres from the Uganda-DRC border …

Mpondwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Reports from Mpondwe indicate suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels attacked Lhubirira secondary school and killed 41, including 38 students. Killed at the school near the Uganda-DRC border Friday night are 38 students, one guard and two members of the local community …

Mpondwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | At least 25 bodies have been recovered after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels stormed a school near the Uganda-DRC border, Police reported on Saturday. “Last night, we registered a terrorist attack by the ADF rebels, on Lhubirira secondary school, in Mpondwe, …

Beni, DR Congo | Xinhua | More than 40 people were killed in an overnight incursion by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said the army Thursday. The ADF rebels, who carried out an attack in the village of Mukondi, located in …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua & URN | The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) said Tuesday that it had dismantled a network of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, who were responsible for several bomb attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s northeastern North Kivu …