On Saturday 25 March 2023, at around 10:00 am UPDF Operation Force of 2 Mountain Battalion came into contact with the ADF terrorists at coordinates N00.29.49.6 E029.40.19.4 in the South West Direction of Lusulube. During contact, 22 ADF terrorists were killed and the following charged from them; 4 SMG’s, 313 SMG rounds, 189PK rounds,…
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) handed over 34 rescued people to the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as (FARDC). The handover was held at the headquarters of the UPDF Mountain Division headquarters, Muhooti barracks, 3 km from Fort Portal city, in the Kabarole district. The 34 were handed over…
Operation Shujaa forces while conducting tracking action against ADF splinter groups in Eastern DRC today, put out of action three Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists who were marauding in Ntoroko-Mboga in Ituri province 14Kms South East of Mboga town. Under the command of Lt Col Deus Williams Achungwire, the 7 Mountain Battalion commander, the…
Operation Shujaa overall Commanders against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist group and other negative elements in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Maj Gen Bombelle Camille Ehola (FARDC) and Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga (UPDF) have for the last three days been inspecting and interacting with the joint forces in Sector Two axis Burasi-Mboga-Tchabi…
The Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has today held a meeting with the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region H.E Xia Huang. The meeting, at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala; mainly focused on regional security for the social economic transformation of…
Fort Portal City: As part of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Response contingency plan, the UPDF Chieftaincy of Medical Services (CMS) in conjunction with Ministry of Health (MOH) and World Health Organization (WHO) has rolled-out a grand plan to vaccinate UPDF troops operating in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and those along the border…
Kasindi Border Post: The 222 Mountain Brigade based in Kasese district, has handed over four Mai Mai rebels and one dead body to Congo authorities at Mpondwe- Kasindi border post. The four; Katembo Kombe 21 years, Thembo Mutima aged 15 years, Kambale Kombe 23 years and Kasereka Jean aged 19years (injured) together with the…
The sector One Operation Shujaa Commander Col James Kasule, has said that regular meetings with local leaders, civic leaders and FARDC Commanders, have endeared the Joint Forces towards the local population also discount hostile enemy propaganda against the Joint UPDF/FARDC Forces. “Negative elements in Congo informed people that Uganda sent ADF/NALU to terrorize Congolese so…
Operation Shujaa Sector three (III) Commander Col Denis Wandera Wanyama, has revealed that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) mayhem against residents and travellers along the Kasindi-Beni Road, which used to be rampant, have tremendously reduced because of the repulsive actions from both the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Uganda…
The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Wilson Mbandi met his counterpart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Chief of General Staff, Gen Munsense Celestin today over the “Implementation of the Status of the Forces Agreement (SOFA)” at the Office Building of the Governor of Ituri Province in Bunia, DRC. The two…