Ugandan soldiers among five dead in DR Congo attack

Rebels backed by the Islamic State group have killed two Ugandan soldiers in an attack in eastern DR Congo.

Uganda and the DR Congo launched a joint offensive in 2021 against the ADF to drive the militants out.

Rebels backed by the Islamic State group have killed two Ugandan soldiers in an attack that also left two civilians and a suspected assailant dead in eastern DR Congo, authorities said on Saturday. Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo launched a joint offensive in 2021 against the ADF to drive the militants out of their Congolese strongholds, but attacks have continued.Originally fielding mainly Muslim Ugandan rebels, the ADF gained a foothold in the region in the 1990s and are accused of slaughtering thousands of civilians.

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