16 attack which killed seven people, including the three bombers, and injured dozens more. News reports about the proposed cross-border campaign, which is yet to be announced publicly, has sparked anxiety amongst some Congolese, who recall Uganda's role in the brutal civil wars that ended in 2003. Tshisekedi informed the United Nations peacekeeping mission on Friday he had authorised military cooperation with Uganda against the ADF, but did not provide any further details, a senior U.N. diplomat

GOMA/ KINSHASA( Reuters)-As Democratic Republic of Congo gears up for elections next week, the opposition and independent observers warn that issues including illegible voter cards, blocked campaign planes, and electoral list delays threaten the legitimacy of the results.... Challengers to President Felix Tshisekedi have cried foul over what they call an uneven playing field and ratcheted up accusations the authorities plan to tip the election in their favour including through voter roll chican

But United Nations researchers have found no evidence of IS command and control over ADF operations. HOW DID THE ADF START?... Congo's army launched an operation against it the following year. Mukulu fled to Tanzania.... Under Baluku, the ADF shifted focus from trying to install an Islamic government in Uganda to promoting itself as an international jihadist movement.In April 2019, IS claimed its first attack in Congo, and three months later Baluku appeared in an IS propaganda video pledging a

CONGO: The Democratic Republic of Congo( DRC) voted yesterday to elect a president who will play a crucial role in the world’s fight against climate change over the next five years. The central African nation’s forests, rivers and minerals are key to the future of green development globally and Congo’s next leader will have urgent decisions to make about how they’re used. President Felix Tshisekedi, who is up for reelection, likes to call Congo the “ ‘solution country’ for the climate crisis.” B