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UPDF raids ADF camp, recovers 148 rounds of ammunition

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF has recovered 148 rounds of live ammunition in Bukoko, North of Kamango town in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They include bullets from a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, commonly known as the PK, which were reportedly abandoned by the Allied Democratic …

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12 ADF rebels appear in military court

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 12 suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels were on Friday paraded before the garrison military court in Beni city, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The suspects are Teni Madame Kolo, a Kenyan national, Kauseni Ndiya Buchanga and Kase Selemani, all Rwandan nationals. Others are Kasereka Molamo …

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Court Martial orders mental examination of NUP supporter

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the 32 National Unity Platform-NUP supporters facing trial before the Makindye based UPDF General Court-martial for illegal possession of explosive devices is to undergo a mental examination. The General Court-martial chairperson, Lt. General Andrew Gutti ordered Muhydin Kakooza be subjected a mental examination …

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MURDER: Court Martial hands soldier 40 years sentence

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Defence Forces -UPDF Court Martial sitting at Mountain Division Headquarters in Fort Portal has sentenced Lance Corporal Piangu Hussein Mwanika to 40 years in prison for murder. Prosecution led by Lt. Moses Ekwamu told the military court that on July 24, 2021, …

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Court of Appeal quashes decision to retire Gen Sejusa from UPDF

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has today quashed a decision that retired the former Coordinator of Intelligence Agencies David Sejusa from the Uganda Defense Forces- UPDF. The decision to retire him had been made in 2016 by High Court Judge Margaret Oumo Oguli in relation …

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Mambasa raid leaves 23 ADF rebels dead

Bunia, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 23 members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have been killed during attacks carried out by the Joint team of the Uganda peoples defence forces and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Mambasa territory, Ituri province. According …

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UPDF bombs ADF positions in Irumu forest

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces and the Congolese Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have bombed more entrenched positions of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in Irumu forest, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the spokesman for the Congolese army in …

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UPDF discovers seven mass graves in North Kivu

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF have discovered at least seven mass graves near Kambi Ya Yua in North Kivu, the former stronghold of the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces-ADF. Kambi Ya Yua found in Virunga forest is estimated to have hosted over 500 ADF members. …

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