A joint military raid on an ADF rebel camp in eastern Congo left multiple fighters dead, freed a dozen captives, and turned up explosives and weapons.
Operation Shujaa's latest strike
Operation Shujaa's latest strike
- Joint Ugandan-Congolese forces overran an ADF camp west of River Epulu.
- Several fighters were killed, and others bolted with injuries.
- Weapons, IEDs, and bomb-making gear got seized.
- Maj. Gen. Stephen Mugerwa commanded the operation.
- Twelve people were freed near Ofayee in the Ndimo area.
- Former captives reported forced labor and physical abuse.
- UPDF vowed sustained pressure on the remaining ADF elements.
- Congo's army hasn't dropped its statement on this yet.
- Uganda's military has operated inside eastern Congo since November 2021.
- Kinshasa greenlighted the cross-border mission against ADF strongholds.
- North Kivu and Ituri provinces remain the operational zones.
- Sporadic ADF attacks on civilians persist despite repeated offensives.
