Uganda goes after ADF in Congo bases, denies claims of bombing civilian homes
Uganda People’s Defence Forces head for Eastern Congo jungle, from where the Allied Democratic Forces are believed to have been planning a series of attacks on Ugandan civilians. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY
Uganda on Friday dismissed as “baseless propaganda” reports that its airstrikes and artillery bombardments launched at several bases of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the Eastern Congo provinces of North Kivu and Ituri killed civilians.
This come barely days after Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and their Congolese counterparts announced that they had started joint military operations against the ADF rebels. Kampala blames the rebel outfit of orchestrating a series of attacks on its soil, with the most recent a twin bombing in Kampala that killed three and injured over 20 people.
