Tag: Allied Democratic Forces
Extremist group increases attacks in western Uganda
Uganda claimed a significant victory over the Islamic State group (IS) in November when it captured a senior commander known as “Njovu” during a...
Terror in Uganda: what’s driving the Islamic State-linked rebels
The Islamic State Central Africa Province recently attacked and killed two foreign tourists and a citizen in a Ugandan nature park. Located in the...
Islamic State funds terror along DRC-Uganda border
New reporting shows how the Islamic State group has funded the Allied Democratic Forces for at least four years, leading to an escalating scale...
ISS: Expansion of the Allied Democratic Forces should worry East Africa
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terror group is broadening its recruitment base from its traditional pool of Congolese and Ugandan fighters to Kenya and...
Uganda says troops to stay in Congo as long as needed...
Uganda said on Friday that its troops sent this week into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would stay as long as needed to defeat...
Uganda says seven suspects killed during probe of last week’s Kampala...
Uganda said on Monday that seven suspects had been killed and 106 people detained during operations by the security services linked to three suicide...
Uganda’s police detain 48 suspects linked to last month’s bombings
Uganda's police have arrested 48 suspects in connection with last month's deadly bombings blamed on an Islamist group linked to Islamic State, police said...
Congo arrests Middle Eastern national for links to Islamist militia
Democratic Republic of Congo has said it has arrested a Middle Eastern national for alleged ties to an Islamist militia in the east of...
Four killed, dozens kidnapped in eastern Congo ambush
Four civilians were killed and dozens taken hostage in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday when suspected Islamist militants ambushed a convoy and...
Ugandan military arrests man suspected of planning suicide bombing
The Ugandan military said on Friday they had arrested a man who was planning a suicide bombing at the funeral of a top police...
At least 55 killed in eastern Congo massacres, UN says
At least 55 people were killed overnight in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations said on Monday, in potentially the...
Democratic Republic of Congo declares state of siege over eastern bloodshed
Militants killed at least 19 people, including ten soldiers, in raids on two villages in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday,...
Suspected Islamists kill at least a dozen villagers in eastern Congo
Attackers killed at least a dozen villagers in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness and two...
U.S. blacklists groups in Congo, Mozambique over Islamic State links
The United States on Wednesday blacklisted two Islamist extremist groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique as foreign terrorist organizations over accusations...
Suspected Islamists kill eight in attack on northeast Congo village market
Armed insurgents killed at least eight people during a raid on a weekly market in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness and a...
Forty-six civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack, official says
Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Allied Democratic Forces’ ideology remains an enigma
The proliferation of armed groups in Africa’s second-largest country has destabilized the nation for decades, but an incident in December 2017 brought renewed attention...
Suspected Islamists kill 17 civilians in eastern Congo raid
Assailants killed at least 17 people in a raid on a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday night,...
Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo
Assailants killed at least 18 people and burned down a church in a village in eastern Congo on Wednesday night, a civil rights group...
Suspected Islamists free 900 prisoners from east Congo jail
Armed men freed at least 900 prisoners from a jail in Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a coordinated attack early on...
Armed men kill at least a dozen civilians in northeast Congo
Armed men killed at least a dozen people and kidnapped several in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night, authorities said, the latest...
Ten militants and five civilians killed in east Congo violence –...
Ten Islamist militants were killed after they ambushed an army convoy in eastern Congo on Friday, according to the military, while a community leader...
Twenty civilians killed in attacks on northeastern Congo villages
At least 20 civilians were killed in attacks on two villages in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, the army said on...
Suspected Islamist militia kills at least 17 in northeastern Congo
Suspected Islamist fighters killed at least 17 people in an early morning raid on a village in northeastern Congo on 25 May, a local...
Suspected rebels hack nine people to death in northeast Congo
Suspected rebels hacked to death at least nine people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, the army said, the latest...
Islamist rebel handed over to Uganda from Tanzania
A Ugandan Islamist rebel leader accused of heading a group that has killed hundreds of people has been handed over to Uganda...
Tanzanian court orders extradition of Islamist rebel leader to Uganda
A Tanzanian court ordered an Islamist rebel leader on Thursday to be extradited to Uganda to face murder charges, though he said...
Congo rebels may have committed crimes against humanity
A Ugandan Islamist rebel group committed human rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year that may amount...
DR Congo rebels may have committed crimes against humanity
A Ugandan Islamist rebel group committed human rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last year that may amount to...
Congo army kills 16 Ugandan rebels, loses four soldiers
The army of Democratic Republic of Congo killed 16 Ugandan Islamist rebels over the weekend in fierce fighting, a military spokesman said...
Congo army kills 16 Ugandan rebels, loses four soldiers
The army of Democratic Republic of Congo killed 16 Ugandan Islamist rebels over the weekend in fierce fighting, a military spokesman said...
At least 21 killed in machete attack in northeast DR Congo
At least 14 men and seven women were killed overnight in the town of Mayangose in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo by...
U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children
The United States on Tuesday blacklisted a Ugandan Islamic group, the Allied Democratic Forces, for targeting children in armed conflict in the...
UN Security Council sanctions Islamist ADF in Congo
A U.N. Security Council committee blacklisted Ugandan Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces, on Monday for recruitment and use of child soldiers,...
U.N. task force looking into one of next Congo targets: Islamist...
After the defeat of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. peacekeepers are trying to learn more about one...
