Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Beni Garrison Military Court has handed a death sentence to a man after pleading guilty to recruiting children into the ranks of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF. Jonathan Kasereka Malamu, a resident of Eringeti in Beni territory, North Kivu Province appeared before the Beni …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF has recovered 148 rounds of live ammunition in Bukoko, North of Kamango town in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They include bullets from a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, commonly known as the PK, which were reportedly abandoned by the Allied Democratic …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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