The operation against ADF in the VIRUNGA

 Backpacks, machine guns slung over their shoulders, the infantry soldiers advance in the forest towards previously bombed sites, supposed to shelter ADF rebels hunted down in the northeast of the DRC by the Ugandan and Congolese armies.We will  fight, until the supreme sacrifice ...", launches one of the young Congolese soldiers in fatigues in front of the cameras of a small handful of journalists, including one of the 'AFP, who accompanied the army this week to northern Virunga National Park. Just before, multiple rocket launchers had fired from the Semuliki military camp, a former UN base in the area. inside the park, where 15 Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed by ADF in 2017. Famous for its mountain gorillas, who live in its southern part, the park is also used as a rear base by various armed groups that are raging. has been in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo for a quarter of a century, including the ADF in its northern part. This is where a temporary joint HQ has been set up. Two generals, Ugandan Kayanja Muhanga, Congolese Bertin Mputela, discussed operations, while infantry from the Congolese jungle combat unit and the Ugandan mountain unit plunge into the forest. triggered on November 30 by the Ugandan air force and artillery against ADF rebel bases in eastern DRC is in its third week. No death or injury toll has been released, only a "preliminary" point. made public on December 11 reported 34 “captured terrorists”, “4 enemy bivouacs destroyed” and “31 Congolese hostages freed.” The Ugandan army said earlier this week that “three additional enemy positions” had been targeted by air and artillery strikes. the first bombardments, which had targeted the north of the province of North Kivu and the south of Ituri, Ugandan troops on the ground entered Congolese territory by the border post of Nobili. ten km, time to repair the road in poor condition and open the way for heavy machinery. - Collaborate with the army - Captain Antony Mualushayi, spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) in the region of Beni (North Kivu), estimated at the end of last week at "more or less 48 hours" the time still necessary to make the road practicable and to allow in the Virunga a ground operation of scale. Tuesday, at the HQ installed in the park, he welcomed the progress of the intervention against the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces), rebels accused of jihadist attacks on Ugandan soil and of repeated massacres of civilians in the DRC, where they have been established since 1995. “The large-scale operations advanced wingspan very well on the ground, "he told reporters, asking the populations of the region" not to panic because of the heavy weapons. "At the same time, the Congolese coordinator of the operation, Major General Camille Bombele, arrived in Beni. He called on Wednesday residents to seize "the outstretched hand" by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who "agreed to join forces to impose peace" in the region. We must "collaborate with the army and the police," he told them. North Kivu and Ituri have been under siege since the beginning of May, an exceptional measure which gave full powers to the military but which has so far failed to stop the abuses of armed groups. The inhabitants, exhausted by years of killings and insecurity, have rather welcomed the intervention