Photo : Kenny Katombe, Reuters
NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
Photo : Kenny Katombe, Reuters
IN BRIEF
By Anu Maria Joseph
Uganda: 200 ADF militants killed in military operation
On 14 December, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stated that at least 200 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a military operation carried out by Ugandan troops. Museveni stated that "we have been carrying out air attacks on the terrorists in Congo” adding that “200 of them were killed.” In 2021, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo began a joint military offensive against the Islamic State-linked ADF group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the group has been carrying out frequent attacks. In June, at least 42 people were killed in western Uganda in an ADF attack. (“Hundreds of ADF fighters killed in Uganda strikes - Museveni,” BBC, 14 December 2023)