Congo-Based Islamist Group Stages Deadly Ambush In Uganda

A rebel group based in Congo and allied to Islamic State known as The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has killed at least one man and injured another when it ambushed a truck in western Uganda overnight, ,in a relatively rare cross-border attack the army said on Friday.

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for almost three decades.

In 2019 the ADF pledged allegiance to Islamic State, which has since claimed responsibility for a number of the group’s bombings and massacres
The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) squads are tracking down the attackers,” Akiiki said.

Two years ago the UPDF launched ground and air campaign operation in eastern Congo to try to root out the insurgents, which it claims has succeeded in killing more than 560 fighters and destroyed their camps.

Last month, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said an air strike had killed a senior ADF commander, Meddie Nkalubo, the alleged mastermind of suicide bombings in Kampala in 2021 that left seven people dead.

Reuters/Jane Aluko.