...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
(DRC) to share intelligence and coordinate a new push by Kinshasa to combat Salafist tough guys blamed for worsening violence in Congo’s east.The move came a week after Congolese officials said the two countries would set up an operations centre in Eastern Congo to fight the rebels, known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
| ...the ADF is one of several murderous Moslem groups in NE Congo. In 2019 the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on them for the usual reasons. They don't appear to be affiliated with al-Qaeda or Islamic State, though ISIS claims their work from time to time — they just like killing infidels... |
The commander of UPDF’s Mountain Brigade, Maj. Gen. Kayanja Muhanga, had in recent days met security officials in the eastern Congo town of Beni to discuss coordinating on anti-ADF operations, Byekwaso said.
However,
there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly...
Uganda did not intend to deploy forces in Congo, Byekwaso said.
A Congolese government spokesperson had no immediate comment.
The violence in Eastern Congo, which the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
said killed 850 people last year, has pushed the two countries to improve historically strained relations.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, following a Monday meeting in Gay Paree with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, also affirmed collaboration with Congo in fighting rebels.
"We will also be alongside the DRC for all the initiatives put in place to strengthen security in the east of its territory, which borders our country," Kagame said in a statement released by the Congolese presidency on Monday.
Rwanda is interested in another rebel group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu militia founded by former officers and gunnies who fled into Congo after participating in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
The ADF on the other hand began its insurgency against the Ugandan government in the 1990s from its bases in the mountains of western Uganda, across the border from Eastern Congo.
Later that decade, a Ugandan government offensive pushed fighters deeper into the eastern Congolese jungle and temporarily quelled the uprising. But violence has spiked in recent years.
In March, the United States labelled the ADF a foreign terrorist organization because of alleged links to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, although the United Nations has played down the strength and nature of IS influence in Congo.
On May 3, Kinshasa introduced martial law in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces in hopes of stemming the worsening bloodshed.
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Allied Democratic Forces: 2021-03-20 200 killed, 40,000 displaced in DR Congo by ADF militia since Jan: UN
Allied Democratic Forces: 2021-02-17 Suspected Islamists kill 10 people with knives, machetes in Congo
Allied Democratic Forces: 2021-02-08 DR Congo militia kills at least 12 in new attack
Allied Democratic Forces: 2021-03-20 200 killed, 40,000 displaced in DR Congo by ADF militia since Jan: UN
Allied Democratic Forces: 2021-02-17 Suspected Islamists kill 10 people with knives, machetes in Congo
Allied Democratic Forces: 2021-02-08 DR Congo militia kills at least 12 in new attack