Back تمرد القوات الديمقراطية المتحالفة Arabic Паўстанне Альянсу дэмакратычных сіл Byelorussian ADF-Konflikt German Insurgencia de las Fuerzas Democráticas Aliadas Spanish Insurrection des Forces démocratiques alliées French Insurgência das Forças Democráticas Aliadas Portuguese

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
Part of Kivu conflict

A UNFIB soldier standing guard during an operation against the ADF on the outskirts of Beni
Date13 November 1996 – present[7]
(28 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location
Uganda, DR Congo
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

 Uganda
 DR Congo

MONUSCO

ADF (1996–2015)

ISIL[1]

ADF-Mukulu

RCD/K-ML

Mai-Mai Kyandenga (2020–present)
Supported by:

FARDC elements[3]
LRA[4]
Al-Shabaab[1] (disputed)[5]
Various Jihadi groups (Ugandan and MONUSCO claim)[5]
 Sudan (1990s; currently unknown)[6]
Commanders and leaders

Yoweri Museveni
Félix Tshisekedi (from 2019)
Joseph Kabila (until 2019)

James Aloizi Mwakibolwa

Jamil Mukulu (POW)[1]
Musa Baluku (WIA)
Hood Lukwago (Possibly KIA)[8]
Yusuf Kabanda  †
Muhammad Kayiira  †
Ashraf Lukwago

Frank Kithasamba[7][9]
Strength

2019–2020:

/ Islamic State 1,500–2,000[12]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Many[13]
17+ killed[13][1] (at least 15 Tanzanian,[13] 1 Malawian,[14] 1 South African[15])		 1,590–2,090+ killed[16]
314+ captured[17]
3,424+ people killed (including civilians, soldiers and rebels)[18][19][20][21][22]
150,000+ displaced[6]

The Allied Democratic Forces insurgency is an ongoing conflict waged by the Allied Democratic Forces in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, against the governments of those two countries and the MONUSCO. The insurgency began in 1996, intensifying in 2013, resulting in hundreds of deaths. The ADF is known to currently control a number of hidden camps which are home to about 2,000 people; in these camps, the ADF operates as a proto-state with "an internal security service, a prison, health clinics, and an orphanage" as well as schools for boys and girls.[23]

  1. ^ a b c d Alexandra Johnson (11 October 2017). "The Allied Democratic Forces Attacks Two UN Peacekeepers in the DRC". Center for Security Policy. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ West (2019), pp. 7–9.
  3. ^ a b "THE BENI KILLINGS: OUR FINDINGS". Congo Research Group. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
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  5. ^ a b Kristof Titeca (27 September 2016). "Jihadis in Congo? Probably not". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Army denies death of ADF commander". 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. ^ Congolese Army's Optimism Undermined by New ADF Massacres Archived 2020-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Kivu Security Blog.
  11. ^ "Congo army attacks Ugandan Islamist rebels in lawless east". Reuters. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  12. ^ "S/2023/95". United Nations. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  13. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference NY Times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Helfrich, Kim (December 2015). "Malawian soldier killed and another wounded in latest DRC rebel attack – defenceWeb". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  15. ^ "SA soldier killed as Congo rebels mount dawn attack on base – HeraldLIVE". Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  16. ^ Titeca, Kristof; Vlassenroot, Koen (2012). "Rebels without borders in the Rwenzori borderland? A biography of the Allied Democratic Forces". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 6: 154–176. doi:10.1080/17531055.2012.664708. S2CID 144602662. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference lef was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ "ACLED Version 6 (1997–2015)". Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  19. ^ Mahamba, Fiston (8 December 2017). "Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst attack on U.N. in recent". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Realtime Data (2016)". ACLED. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  21. ^ "Realtime Data (2017)". ACLED. Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  22. ^ "ACLED Data (2018)". ACLED. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  23. ^ Daniel Fahey (19 February 2015). "New insights on Congo's Islamist rebels". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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