In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese and Ugandan armies are continuing their joint operations against the armed terrorist group ADF Nalu, perpetrator of several deadly attacks in the territory of Beni and Irumu in recent days. Officials from two armies announced that they had recently killed two members of the movement considered leaders, nicknamed Doctor “Musa”, on April 8, and Commander “Baghdad”, earlier this month.
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The two men were apparently directly targeted by the joint operation between the Congolese and Ugandan armies, called Shuja. They were both neutralized in the north of the Beni territory, east of the town of Eringeti, almost on the border between North Kivu and Ituri. “ After operations in the Mwalika valley and in the Rwenzori zone, the ADF moved back towards the north of the province », Explains a security source.
THE ” Doctor Musa ” And ” Baghdad » does not appear in the ADF organization chart published by UN experts in one of their reports in 2021. « But the movement is very closedexplains a specialist in armed groups in the area. It is therefore difficult to really know your organization and its members. “.
Those responsible for the joint operation in any case link these two men to two fighters who are indeed clearly identified as being part of the ADF. Musa Baluku, considered the number one of the Islamist movement in the DRC, and Lumisa Mohammed, commander in his sixties. Both are under US sanctions since 2019.
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