|
LISTEN TO THIS THE AFRICANA VOICE ARTICLE NOW
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Tourists and Guide Killed in Terror Attack at Uganda National Park
Two tourists, a British man and a South African woman, and their Ugandan guide were killed by suspected Islamist militants in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda Tuesday evening. The tourists were on their honeymoon.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni condemned the killings, calling them “a cowardly act” and “tragic” for the couple. He blamed the killings on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a small group of terrorists that he said is fleeing from Ugandan operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Museveni said that Ugandan forces had carried out deadly air strikes against four ADF positions in DR Congo on Sunday, but that some militants were trying to re-enter Uganda. He said the latest attack happened because of “a few gaps in the handling of these remnants.”
Museveni offered his condolences to the families of the victims and said that the country’s high commission in the UK would support the families of the murdered couple. He also said that Ugandan security authorities would “ensure these mistakes do not happen again and that the ADF is wiped out.”
The Uganda Wildlife Authority Wednesday said that all parks remain open, but has urged the public to remain patient and allow the investigative process to run its course following the terrorist attack at Queen Elizabeth National Park.
The UK Foreign Office also updated its travel advice for Uganda, warning that the attackers remain at large. It has advised anyone in the area to remain vigilant and follow the advice of local security authorities and/or their tour operator. Ugandan authorities have also advised anyone in Queen Elizabeth National Park to stay put overnight.
Ugandan police foil bomb plot by ADF Militants
Ugandan police Sunday foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in the central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni said Monday.
Two bombs were disguised as gifts and sent to pastors, Museveni said on X. Members of the public became suspicious of the devices and told the police, he added.
The president blamed the plot on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militant group linked to Islamic State.
The ADF has not yet commented.
The ADF is a militant group that has been blamed for a series of deadly attacks in Uganda, including the killing of more than 40 people, mostly students, at a boarding school in June.
Museveni said the militants had planned to detonate two bombs in churches in Kibibi, about 50 km from the capital, Kampala, on Sunday, but the devices “were reported to police and defused”.
“The evil plan was foiled,” he said, urging people “not to accept gifts from strangers”.
Earlier on Sunday, Museveni said Ugandan forces had carried out air strikes against four ADF positions in DR Congo.
“It seems quite a number of terrorists were killed,” the president said.
He warned that the ADF were “re-entering Uganda and trying to commit some random terrorist acts”.
In September, Ugandan police said they had foiled a bomb attack in one of the biggest churches in Kampala. A man suspected of trying to detonate a bomb among worshippers was arrested, police added.
Chadian Minister Resigns After Sex Tape Goes Viral
Chad’s defence minister and the government’s general secretary resigned on Wednesday, the government spokesman said, after two separate sex tapes alleging to show the men went viral on social media.
Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo accepted the resignations of defence minister Daoud Yaya Brahim and the government’s general secretary Haliki Choua Mahamat, Kebzabo said in a statement.
The videos, which were circulated on Sunday and Monday, purportedly showed the men engaging in intimate acts with other people. Sex scandals are rare in Chad, a mostly conservative Muslim country.
LEAVE A COMMENT
You must be logged in to post a comment.