Uganda and Congo launch joint air, artillery strikes against Islamist militants - Uganda military

ADF, which is allied with the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the Nov. 16 suicide bombings in the heart of the Ugandan capital which killed seven people, including the three bombers, and injured dozens more. The November 16 attack was the third Islamic State has claimed in Uganda.

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo launched joint air and artillery strikes against the Islamist militia group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Ugandan military said.

"This morning, we have launched joint air and artillery strikes against ADF camps with our Congolese allies," said a tweet from the account of the spokesperson of the Ugandan army. The ADF is an Islamist rebel group that initially fought against the Uganda government from bases in western Uganda.

The group was however pushed out of the region and subsequently fled to the jungles of eastern Congo where they have been blamed for thousands of deaths. Patrick Muyaya, Congo's government spokesman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

On Monday, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo denied https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-denies-agreeing-joint-operations-with-ugandan-army-2021-11-29 agreeing to joint operations with Uganda's army to track down the ADF, insisting the two countries were only sharing intelligence. ADF, which is allied with the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the Nov. 16 suicide bombings in the heart of the Ugandan capital which killed seven people, including the three bombers, and injured dozens more.

The November 16 attack was the third Islamic State has claimed in Uganda. It also claimed responsibility for an attack at a pork restaurant in a suburb of Kampala on October 23 that killed a waitress while a third attack on October 8 killed no one.

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