ADF rebels

President Yoweri Museveni has emphasized that Muslims of Uganda are not extremists and despise terrorism because they are part of our society.

The Joint Anti-Terrorist Task Force (JATT) picked up an 11-year-old who had been recruited by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Kibumbo Munimbu along Kibirizi village, Lake Katwe sub-county after he escaped from the ADF in DRC.

In a statement issued by President Yoweri Museveni, he addressed the issue of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels and their misguided ambitions to turn Uganda into a country ruled by Islamic Law (Sharia).

President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of UPDF, reiterated Uganda’s commitment to working with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to defeat the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels and their activities in DRC.

At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local and UN sources.

The Allied for Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have killed at least 230 soldiers and wounded many others belonging to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC). This was during fierce fighting yesterday at Malibongo in Ituri, eastern DR Congo, the Kampala Post has l