The two neighbours have launched joint operations against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), accused of massacres in eastern DR Congo and bomb blasts in Uganda.
Ugandan forces launched air and artillery strikes on 30 November and moved across the border to set up an advance base, but then had to pause because of poor roads.
"Work between the two armies' military engineers is progressing very well," Captain Antony Mualushayi, the military spokesman for the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, told reporters."But as there is a road problem, it's better to fix it once and for all."AFP | Cléa PÉCULIERAn AFP journalist at the Nobili border post saw five tanks cross on Friday.
DR Congo's Catholic Church says the ADF has killed around 6,000 civilians since 2013 while a respected monitor, the Kivu Security Tracker, blames it for more than 1,200 deaths in the area alone since 2017.AFP | Sébastien KITSA MUSAYI Critics include Denis Mukwege, the gynaecologist who won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for his work helping victims of sexual violence in South Kivu province.
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