ADDIS ABABA – The African Union Commission (AUC) has condamned a “cowardly terrorist attack” in western Uganda by a rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on Friday. “There are no words for the shock nor condemnation strong enough to express my horror at the brutal and cowardly terrorist attack by suspected ADF terrorists,” AUC Chairperson Mouse Faki Mahamat said. The attackers also abducted students and fled towards DRC’s Virunga national park, according reports. “Our forces are pursuing the enemy to rescue those abducted and destroy this group,” Ugandan defence spokesperson Felix Kulayigye said on Twitter. The ADF rebels launched their insurgency against President Museveni in the 1990s from an initial base in the Rwenzori Mountains.

Source: Ethiopian News June 17, 2023 15:05 UTC