Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists attacked Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in western Uganda on Friday night, killing at least 41 people and abducting six others. Most of the victims were teenage students. Military spokesperson Felix Kulayigye said some of them were shot and macheted to death while others were left to burn as the assailants […]
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Ugandan forces have killed at least 11 rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), as an operation against the Islamic State affiliated group continues on both sides of the border. Eight other rebels were captured in Kyapa, a village in the Ugandan district of Ntoroko, near the DR Congo Boga region, where an ADF camp […]
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The coalition of Ugandan and the Democratic Republic of Congo armies has announced they killed “at least” 30 combatants suspected to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) during an offensive against bastions of the rebel group near Boga in Irumu territory of Ituri province. The offensive that was launched on Dec 11 is continuing, […]
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The Ebola virus has killed 51 people, including six health workers in Uganda. The toll has risen by 80 percent in two weeks, jumping from 28 on Oct 24 to 51 on Nov 6 according to figures from the International Rescue Committee (IRC). On Tuesday Sept. 20, the Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of […]
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There have been 19 newly recorded cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) confirmed across Uganda. 14 cases in Kampala, the capital city, two in Mubende and three in Kassanda, health authorities say. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebolavirus disease following a case which was contained at […]
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On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, ruled out lockdown as a containment measure for the outbreak of Ebola in the country. This followed a rise in fatalities, with five confirmed and 19 other deaths linked to the deadly hemorrhagic fever. The east African country’s Ministry of Health reports that as of Sept. 25th, […]
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Authorities in Uganda, East Africa, have declared an outbreak of the Ebola disease virus in the country. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the declaration was made on Tuesday, Sept. 20, after The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed a case of the Sudan strain of the virus in Mubende district, a region located in the […]
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Soldiers of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) who have been carrying out joint military operations with the Democratic Republic of Congo national army, FARDC, since Nov. 30, 2021, will be withdrawn back to Uganda by May 31, 2022, except a new accord is signed between the two countries, Ugandan military authorities said. Gen. Muhoozi […]
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Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Commander of Ugandan ground forces says the joint military operations being carried out in eastern DR Congo by the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Congolese national army, FARDC, have succeeded in dislodging Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels from several of their bases in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. “I have […]
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The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has expressed satisfaction with the joint military operations currently going on in eastern DR Congo by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and the DR Congo national army, FARDC. Lacroix said this at the end of his recent evaluation visit to DR Congo. “I […]
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Ugandan and Democratic Republic of Congo delegations led by their respective Ministers of Armed Forces have signed a general accord for cooperation on defense matters with the view to harmonize military operations against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group. The discussions which took place in Bunia, chief town of the Ituri province of DR […]
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The Defense Ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have met in Bunia, eastern DR Congo to discuss how to “mutualise and harmonise the joint operations launched on Nov. 30, 2021 in eastern DR Congo against rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) by their armies. The meeting was held on Wednesday, Dec. […]
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