Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Wednesday that around 200 members of the ADF rebels affiliated with the Islamic State group were killed in Ugandan-led airstrikes in September in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally mainly Muslim Ugandan rebels, the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) have been active since the mid-1990s in eastern DRC, where they have killed thousands of civilians. “We carried out air attacks against terrorists in Congo,” President Yoweri Museveni declared on X (ex-Twitter), before asserting that “about 200 of them were killed” in strikes carried out on September 16. Contacted by AFP, the spokesperson for the Ugandan army, Felix Kulayigye, clarified that the president was referring to the ADF rebels. The leader of the ADF rebel group accused of the murders was arrested in early November by Kampala.

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2023 11:53 UTC