Ugandan military dropped artillery on a couple of ADF camps in eastern Congo and claims they wrecked the hideouts while taking out militants. The strikes went down in Mambasa territory near Babunga and below the Epulu River as part of the joint Operation Shujaa mission with Congolese forces. Colonel Chris Magezi said locals backed up intelligence that the militant group took heavy losses, but nobody verified exact body counts. ADF boss Musa Baluku might have been at one camp when shells started landing, though his fate stays unclear.
The ADF started as a Ugandan rebel outfit before relocating into the Congolese forest more than 20 years back, and they keep hitting civilians with massacres and bombings across the region. Magezi mentioned survivors scattered into smaller crews across the jungle while trying to dodge the advancing armies. Uganda sent troops into DRC back in late 2021 after blaming the group for cross-border attacks, and both militaries keep claiming wins even though deadly ambushes continue throughout Ituri and North Kivu.
The ADF started as a Ugandan rebel outfit before relocating into the Congolese forest more than 20 years back, and they keep hitting civilians with massacres and bombings across the region. Magezi mentioned survivors scattered into smaller crews across the jungle while trying to dodge the advancing armies. Uganda sent troops into DRC back in late 2021 after blaming the group for cross-border attacks, and both militaries keep claiming wins even though deadly ambushes continue throughout Ituri and North Kivu.
