More than 200 rescued from IS-linked group in DR Congo

More than 200 civilians held captive in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo by an armed group linked to the Islamic State have been rescued in an army operation, the military in neighbouring Uganda has said. Ugandan soldiers, working with their Congolese counterparts, targeted a camp controlled by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a mili...

More than 200 civilians held captive in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo by an armed group linked to the Islamic State have been rescued in an army operation, the military in neighbouring Uganda has said.

Ugandan soldiers, working with their Congolese counterparts, targeted a camp controlled by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militant group that has its origins in Uganda.

Children were among those freed, the youngest being a 14-year-old girl, according to a Ugandan statement.

The ADF was originally formed in Uganda in the 1990s by people disgruntled with the government's treatment of Muslims. But after being routed by the army there, the remnants fled across the border.