President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has updated Ugandans on the country’s intensified operations against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists. In a statement issued today, Gen. Museveni who is also the Commander In Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) revealed that one of the terrorists who had come from the Democratic Republic of Congo…
At least twelve people, including four children, lost their lives in an attack carried out on Wednesday in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia with tenuous links to the Islamic State (IS), according to military sources. “The attack took place on Wednesday…
The International Crimes Division of the High Court has found seven out of the twelve people who were arrested for terrorism shortly after the murder of former Buyende District Police Commander, Muhammad Kirumira, guilty. Jamil Muwonge, Ibrahim Kavuma, Uthman Mugoya, Luutu Kimuli, Juma Swabalu Sekiti, Daniel Kaaya, and Ismail Ssewanyana have been on remand for…
The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has remanded four suspects to Luzira prison on charges of belonging and rendering support to a terrorist organization, the Allied Democratic Forces. The suspects include; Rashidah Namiiro, a resident of Kirokole zone in Kawempe, Kampala district, Saidi Kakooza alias Bizimana, a resident of Nakitokolo village in Nsangi town council, Wakiso…
Eastern DRC: Operation Shujaa Joint Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and FARDC squads, have killed one Abu Aden, an Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Commander of Somali origin. Abu Aden was killed in a battle at Malulu, seven kilometers North West of Boga town. This achievement followed a human intelligence report about ADF terrorists’ presence in…
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. The forces say that the mass graves contained bodies of suspected…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) mobile forces together with the FARDC assault force, have finally captured the much revered Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) /ISCAP camp, Kambi Ya Yua. Kambi Ya Yua, a stronghold of ADF/ISCAP terrorists, seating on eight acres of Virunga forest land, is estimated to have accommodated over 600 ADF/ISCAP terrorists and…
The UPDF Engineering Unit has started opening impassable roads in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The road from Mukakati, where the UPDF has set up an operating base has been in an appalling state. Two weeks ago, the UPDF, in a joint operation with DRC forces, launched a series of strikes…
Finally, Uganda launched military strikes on the positions of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) inside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It happened sooner than expected and caught some by surprise. Even when the spokesperson of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF), Brig. Flavia Byekwaso tweeted on the morning of Nov. 30 about the pre-dawn…
Ugandans are among the suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels that were captured in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. According to Captain Antony Mwalushayi, the spokesperson of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for military operations, the suspected rebels were captured on Friday and Saturday by FARDC soldiers during…
