Attackers copy Uganda-DRC army fatigues to use in raids - military

Congolese troops throw a missile during a fight against rebels of ADF-Nalu. A joint Ugandan and Congolese military offensive is facing a new threat after attackers copied the official army fatigues of the troops to raid villages.

A joint Ugandan and Congolese military offensive is facing a new threat after attackers copied the official army fatigues of the troops and plan to use them to raid villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The two sides now think the idea is to turn locals against the armies and ruin the operation that has been touted a success.

On Tuesday, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) warned of possible attacks and sabotage planned by armed groups in the DRC.

Planned attack

A joint communiqué from the two armies, which began the operation on November 30 to track down Ugandan rebels known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), said there is credible intelligence that the group is preparing to launch an attack against civilians while disguised as UPDF soldiers.

Brig-General Flavia Byekwaso and Maj-Gen Léon Richard Kasonga, spokesmen of UPDF and FARDC, respectively, said they “have reliable information on the presence in the region of elements belonging to an armed group with sinister plans to discredit the performance achieved by the joint forces in actions against the ADF rebels based in eastern Congo”.

This article originally appear on The East Africa