Ugandan, DR Congo troops secure eastern Congolese city Bunia

Ugandan, DR Congo troops secure eastern Congolese city Bunia

KAMPALA — Uganda said on Wednesday its troops have "taken control" of security in the city of Bunia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, working with Congolese forces to fend off local militias. The move came as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has been seizing territory further south in the neighbouring North and South Kivu provinces, raising fears of a regional war.

Uganda Deploys Troops in Northeastern DRC to Support Congolese Army Amid Escalating Conflict - teleSUR English

The Ugandan Army has deployed its soldiers to a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support Congolese troops in their escalating conflict with an armed group that has left over 100 people dead in the past two weeks, a military spokesperson confirmed to EFE on Wednesday. “There have been no clashes, but we have entered the city of Bunia,” Ugandan Army spokesperson Felix Kulayigye told EFE in a brief statement. Bunia is …

On Tuesday, the Ugandan army declared that it had sent troops to the city of Bunia, in the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a deployment justified by "massacres of the population by militias".

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Uganda's army said it had deployed troops in the town of Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local militias.

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The Ugandan troop deployment comes as the Congolese army faces a major challenge from rebel groups seeking to control the mineral-rich region.

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