DRC Congo President Felix Tshisekedi Asks President Yoweri Museveni to Deploy UPDF in Congo, to Fight Rebel Groups.

Uganda will deploy troops in Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebel groups, according to reports.

This follows President Felix Tshisekedi’s request to President Museveni.

Tshisekedi is currently in Uganda to attend President Museveni’s swearing in ceremony.

UPDF last offensive in Congo was in 2017 during an operation dubbed ‘TUUGO’.

The army attacked ADF historical strongholds in Eastern DRC in general areas of Erengeti Triangle – North Kivu Province.

It razed down Medina, Canada, Abia, Topoke 2, Kajaju, Camp Richard, Makayoba and Sangote following the deadly ADF attack that killed 15 UN Peacekeepers and 5 Congolese soldiers in Beni, North Kivu.

The army said it killed over 100 ADF rebels in that offensive.

Uganda has in the past been charged and penalised for breaching the sovereign territory of DRC and plundering its resources.

Uganda had sent its troops into DRC in pursuit of rebels.

The International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest court, ruled that Uganda was guilty of “occupying Ituri (a region in the DRC), violations of sovereignty, illegal use of force, violations of international human rights laws and looting and plunder” between August 1998 and June 2003.

In the 1990s, the ADF rebels terrorized the Rwenzori region in the districts of Kasese, Bundibugyo and Kabarole for over a decade.

During the insurgency, the rebels are believed to have killed more than 3,000 people and displaced 100,000.