A mosque and military headquarters once teeming with fighters loyal to the Islamic State group lay empty in a desiccated field near the Democratic Republic of ... of the ADF, an armed militia ...

It eventually resulted into the two Chiefs of Defence of Forces, Gen Célestin Mbala Munsense (Armed Forces of DR Congo) and Gen Wilson Mbadi (UPDF), inking a deal that would allow the troops to hunt ...

Congo's Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya did not respond when asked if more troops had arrived, but stressed the priority of Ugandan soldiers in the area was to fight the ADF though combat ...

“I call on the Congolese government to allow joint operations by Congo and Uganda's army to be expanded in all areas where the ADF are located,” Sikuli said. There were no Congolese soldiers ...

The minister said that the ADF, identified ... violations in DR Congo, has claimed the lives of over 650 civilians since June 2024, including more than 200 in the Beni region alone.

We have been tracking them in the jungles [of Congo]. We suspect they have ... and military support, in which ADF would receive 70 percent of Beni's cacao revenues for 10 years.