Uganda pledges military assistance to DRC Friday, 21 May 2021 16:26
(Ecofin Agency) - The end of the two Congo Wars has seen an emergence of armed groups in the eastern part of the country, creating a climate of insecurity that hampers development in the region. Faced with growing violence, DR Congo entered negotiation with allies, including Uganda.
Uganda intends to deploy troops to help restore peace in the eastern part of DR Congo. David Muhoozi, Chief of Ugandan Defense Forces, made the announcement last May 19.
The soon-to-be-deployed team will back the Congolese army against several militias, in conflict for years. Militias are responsible for several deadly attacks, but also for numerous abuses that prompted President Félix Tshisekedi to declare a state of siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri on Monday, May 3, 2021.
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At least 15 civilians were massacred overnight in eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group in the region said Monday, 15 March, saying the notorious ADF militia were suspected.
The Allied Democratic Forces is a historically Ugandan Islamist group that has holed up in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since 1995.
It has the reputation of being the bloodiest of the 122 militias which plague the eastern DRC, many of them a legacy of the Congo Wars of the 1990s.
“At least 15 civilians were killed last night in Bulongo (Beni territory, North Kivu). The ADF are suspects,” the Kivu Security Tracker group posted on Twitter.
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Published 15 March 2021
At least 15 civilians were massacred overnight in eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group in the region said Monday, saying the notorious ADF militia were suspected.
The Allied Democratic Forces is a historically Ugandan Islamist group that has holed up in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since 1995.
It has the reputation of being the bloodiest of the 122 militias which plague the eastern DRC, many of them a legacy of the Congo Wars of the 1990s.
Local sources separately confirmed the attack and also blamed the ADF.
Kasali bin Kapepela, head of an association of local NGOs, said an “ADF raid’ occurred around midnight.