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Shortly after his controversial electoral victory in early 2019, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi sought to get his country admitted into the East African Community. Recently, the East African Community ministers recommended the DRC’s admission, a decision set to be formalised by the bloc’s …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | Several army positions have come under attack by March 23 Movement (M23) rebels since early Monday in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local security sources. M23 rebels have launched several attacks on positions of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) in the Rutshuru …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz has said that sanctions that were imposed against him by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control over his alleged involvements in the gold trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were based on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abu Aden, one of the commanders of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF has been killed in the ongoing operation shujja against the group positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Major Peter Mugisa, the operation shujja spokesperson says that Aden, who is of Somali origin was …

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse on the Northern Corridor, one of East Africa’s key transport arteries that funnels goods from the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda abruptly closed the border in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A military court in Beni town in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, two collaborators of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels. The convicts are Kavugho Mayani and Mweki Kambale. The court was presided over by Major Kalambayi …

Bunia, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF wants a reinforcement force to back the UPDF against the Allied Democratic Force-ADF rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The operation’s overall Commander, Maj. General Kayanja Muhanga says the additional zonal forces will be essential in providing security …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four members of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF have died since November 2021, when the forces together with their Congolese counterparts raided camps of Allied Democratic Front rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The operation commander Maj. Gen. Kayanja Muhanga, says that one soldier was …

Verdict raises questions about the price of justice | KERSTIN BREE CARLSON | In 2005, the International Court of Justice found that Uganda had committed serious violations of international law during the 1998-2003 war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The court found that Uganda had: “committed acts of killing, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 22 rebels have been killed since November last year when Uganda People’s Defence Forces raided suspected camps of Allied Democratic Front rebels in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The army spokesperson Brig Felix Kulayigye, says in the first operation, UPDF and Congolese forces …