Uganda to deploy 1,000 troops to eastern DR Congo this month
Ugandan and DRC army officials during a past meeting at Virunga National Park near Semuliki. Uganda will deploy 1,000 soldiers to conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this month. PHOTO | SÉBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI | AFP
Uganda will deploy 1,000 soldiers to conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this month, as part of a regional military force, a Ugandan army officer announced on Thursday.
M23 rebels have seized swathes of territory in the DRC's North Kivu province since re-emerging from dormancy in late 2021, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
