This camp is said to be the center of operations for the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and is found in the wood and leaf of the thick forests of the DRC, beneath foliage hues serving as an unholy sanctuary

This camp is said to be the center of operations for the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and is found in the wood and leaf of the thick forests of the DRC, beneath foliage hues serving as an unholy sanctuary.

“Early on 24th December 2021, the UPDF mobile forces together with the FARDC assault force, finally captured the much revered ADF/ISCAP camp, Kambi Ya Yua. Kambi Ya Yua, a stronghold of ADF/ISCAP terrorists, seating on eight acres of Virunga forest land, is estimated to have accommodated over 600 ADF/ISCAP terrorists and their families. The camp was captured with limited enemy resistance and there was no effect on the joint forces,” a joint statement from the two armies read in part.

According to the UPDF, the captured camp was ground zero to military training and Islamic radicalization activities.

This assertion by the UPDF was given color of fact by what was found on site.

Namely, Jihadist literature, bomb making materials, a damaged Laptop computer, 129 live rounds of PK machine gun loaded in their chain, 155 live rounds of sub machine gun ammunition, three solar panels and ADF strength registers.

“The structures in the camp were well built with locally made fences; with many cleared under tree shades as seating areas, suggesting that it was likely to be a command post of a high-ranking rebel leader,” said a UPDF source.

The UPDF said its engineers are on top of investigations into the existence, on ground, of more improvised explosive devices, bunkers and materiel that may point to where they may find and destroy the ADF.

Col James Kasule, the UPDF Mountain Brigade Commander, described the capture of the ADF main camp as a massive milestone because “the enemy was using this same camp to launch terror attacks against both Ugandans and Congolese.”

Lt Col Mbayo Katuta, the FARDC Assault Brigade Commander, who is commanding the ground forces in the jungles of Virunga Forest added: “We want to put ADF and other bandits on tenterhooks, with no breathing space, always on the run, block their supply chains. They will die of hunger in the forest. Soon you will see many surrendering when the situation gets unbearable.”