Allied Democratic Forces
Ugandan rebel group
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| April 2024 | Joint DRC and Uganda military operation neutralized two ADF leaders: Doctor 'Musa' and Commander 'Baghdad'. |
| 2021 | The group claimed an attack near Kampala that resulted in one death and seven injuries. |
| 2020 | Baluku claimed ADF had ceased to exist and was succeeded by the Islamic State's Central Africa Province. |
| 2020 | ADF forces associated with 800 deaths and a prison escape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| December 2019 | FARDC began large-scale operations against ADF, which continued until late 2020, killing hundreds of ADF fighters. |
| June 2019 | Musa Baluku pledged allegiance to ISIL in a propaganda video, with a major faction of ADF joining him. |
| 2017 | ADF elements began forging connections with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). |
| December 7 2017 | ADF attacked in North Kivu, killing 15 Tanzanian UN peacekeepers and 5 Congolese soldiers. |
| 2015 | ADF conducted weekly attacks killing more than 400 people, primarily in the territories of Beni (North Kivu) and Irumu (Ituri). |
| July 2015 | Jamil Mukulu was extradited to Uganda, with Musa Baluku cementing his power and moving the ADF closer to international jihadism. |
| April 2015 | ADF leader Jamil Mukulu was arrested in Tanzania. |
| October 2014 | From October to December, 250 people were killed, with the ADF primarily blamed by the DRC government and MONUSCO. |
| January 2014 | FARDC launched a major offensive against ADF forces in Beni, causing Mukulu and other senior leaders to flee their headquarters camp. |
| 2013 | The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) experienced a significant resurgence and began to show signs of increased radicalization, marking a new phase of their insurgent activities in the region. |
| September 2013 | Regional leaders under the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region requested the UN Force Intervention Brigade to attack foreign negative forces in the DRC, including the ADF. |
| September 2013 | ADF attacked the Watalinga Sector in North Kivu, DRC, killing 3 people and abducting 30 individuals, including 8 minors. |
| July 11 2013 | ADF attacked the town of Kamango, causing over 60,000 refugees to flee across the border into the Ugandan district of Bundibugyo. |
| April 2013 | ADF began a recruitment campaign in Kampala and other parts of Uganda, with approximately ten new recruits joining the group daily. |
| 2010 | The ADF was linked to the deadliest terror incident in Ugandan history, where 74 people were killed during FIFA World Cup bombings in Kampala while watching soccer games. |
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