Ugandan military front man Felix Kulayigye said Wednesday that a joint army, police and wildlife authority force "has deployed all resources, both technical and physical, in pursuit of these faceless myrmidons and will ensure they account for their heinous acts".
The attack purportedly carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces
...established in the early 1990s through an agreement between portions of Uganda’s Salaf Tabliq Islamic sect and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU), who said they had been sidelined by Museveni’s policies. At the time, the rebels staged deadly attacks in Ugandan villages and the capital, including a 1998 attack in which 80 students were massacred. A Ugandan military operation later forced the ADF into eastern Congo. The ADF has since established ties with the Islamic State group. The ADF has received funding from the Government of Sudan, which has also provided supplies and training. The ADF may also have received funding from the illegal mining and logging industries of the DRC....(ADF) killed a couple on their honeymoon, who were of South African and British nationality, as well as their Ugandan safari guide in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda's south-west.
The rebel group ADF has been affiliated with Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(IS) since 2019 and is based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
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On Wednesday, IS issued a statement claiming responsibility for the killings.
TOURISM FEARS
The United Kingdom on Wednesday warned its citizens against any travel to the Queen Elizabeth National Park, which shares a border with the DRC.
La Belle France has also advised its nationals to act prudently.
Kulagiye sought to assure tourists that the attack was "an isolated incident" and Uganda remains "secure and safe".
The national park is one of Uganda's most popular and is rich in wildlife across its 700 square miles (1,813 square kilometres). The area is also home to the unusual tree-climbing lion, one of only two places where the cats can be found.