On June 16, 2023, members of an armed group linked to the Islamic State killed 41 people and abducted 6 others in an attack on a high school in western Uganda. In the country?
Terrible attack. On Friday 16th, members of the Coalition Democratic Forces (ADF), killed 41 people and abducted 6 in Uganda loyal to the Islamic State (IS). Most of the victims were students.
The Ugandan Army has pointed out that Pursuing attackers The school is located in the west of the country, not far from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ADF is suspected of killing thousands of people since the 1990s. This is not their first attack on a school.
According to reports, dozens of terrorists stormed the building around 11:30 pm on Friday. RFI.
“Pearl of Africa”
This country 47 million people Led by Yoweri Museveni from 1986, he seized power and ended the civil war. Since his re-election, his authority has been challenged on several occasions, notably by the FDC (Forum for Democratic Change). Opposition parties failed to win elections and the current president amended the constitution to allow re-election beyond two terms.
The country’s foreign policy is shaped by its relationship with the DRC and the problems of terrorist attacks it faces. Usually, the Ugandan army has pledged against ADF’s forces that intervene in the DRC. Islamic State In 2019.
Coalition Democratic Forces
The group was formed by A Former dictator Uganda remembers Idi Amin Dada, a pure warrior who died in 2003. in days. Formed in the early 1990s, at a time when terrorist attacks were on the rise in the region, the group remains in the image of its founder: known for his bloodlust and violence.
The ADF has developed a status as a smuggler and local militia in Uganda. Taking refuge in the country’s vast and rich natural reserves, terrorist groups grow their wealth by selling it. Minerals. Motives for its killings remained unclear until 2019, before the group officially aligned itself with the Islamic State.
Not the first attack
In June 1988, recalled the world, Eighty students They lost their lives in a gruesome attack by the ADF on Kichwamba Institute of Technology, 300 kilometers from the capital Kampala. This is the most bloodthirsty attack on students in the country. More than a hundred youths were abducted that day.
Other, less targeted massacres have taken place in the small East African country, with other terrorist groups claiming responsibility. In 2010, the first Somalia-based Shebaab Islamist group was killed 76 people, reports France info.
The US announced in early March that the reward would be up to $5 million It can be attributed to anyone who can trace a certain Musa Balaku, the present leader of ADMK.
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