{"id":225993,"date":"2025-07-06T12:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=225993"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:10:17","slug":"uganda-denies-military-meddling-in-congo-amid-un-accusations-and-local-suspicion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=225993","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Denies Military Meddling in Congo Amid UN Accusations and Local Suspicion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"553\"><em>Ugandan military officials have <strong data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"388\">denied involvement<\/strong> in the security crisis in the <strong data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"457\">Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)<\/strong>, while Congolese citizens continue to <strong data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"528\">suspect Uganda\u2019s double game<\/strong> in the ongoing conflict.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"794\">In a <strong data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"577\">recent report<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"605\">United Nations experts<\/strong> accused <strong data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"624\">Uganda<\/strong> of deploying <strong data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"668\">over 1,000 new UPDF troops<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"681\">Bunia<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"725\">territories of Mahagi and Djugu<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"747\">Ituri province<\/strong>\u2014<strong data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"793\">without prior authorization from Kinshasa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"1027\">This report has sparked <strong data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"836\">fresh debate<\/strong> over Uganda\u2019s alleged support to the <strong data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"893\">M23 rebel group<\/strong>, and its <strong data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"950\">ambitions to control parts of eastern Congo<\/strong>, even as it partners with Congo\u2019s army to fight the <strong data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1026\">Islamist ADF rebels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1140\">On <strong data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1052\">Saturday, July 5<\/strong>, Uganda\u2019s Chief of Defense Forces took to <strong data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1111\">social media<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1139\">deny the allegations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1454\">\n<p data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1454\">\u201cI can assure you that we never planned to invade the DRC. Had we done so, you can be sure we would have reached Kinshasa. But that was never our objective,\u201d he said.<br data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1313\" \/>\u201cWhat matters now is implementing the various agreements. Uganda respects the accords it has signed with DRC and within the EAC framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1598\">Since <strong data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1483\">November 30, 2021<\/strong>, Ugandan forces have been <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1541\">conducting joint operations<\/strong> with the Congolese army in <strong data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1583\">North Kivu<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1597\">Ituri<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1745\">Nearly <strong data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1627\">four years later<\/strong>, both countries say the results have been <strong data-start=\"1670\" data-end=\"1682\">positive<\/strong>, with a <strong data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1716\">significant reduction<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1744\">ADF\u2019s deadly attacks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1955\">Recently, on <strong data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1771\">June 20<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1773\" data-end=\"1801\">Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba<\/strong> visited <strong data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1822\">Kinshasa<\/strong>, where he and <strong data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1871\">Lt. Gen. Banza Mwilambwe Jules<\/strong> signed a <strong data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1902\">renewed agreement<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"1906\" data-end=\"1937\">FARDC-UPDF joint operations<\/strong> in eastern Congo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1957\" data-end=\"2049\">However, <strong data-start=\"1966\" data-end=\"1980\">UN experts<\/strong> insist the UPDF\u2019s presence in DRC <strong data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2048\">goes beyond security concerns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2243\">They argue that <strong data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2095\">Uganda is also motivated<\/strong> by <strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2138\">economic and geopolitical interests<\/strong>, particularly in the <strong data-start=\"2160\" data-end=\"2177\">mineral trade<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2179\" data-end=\"2187\">gold<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2189\" data-end=\"2223\">oil exploration in Lake Albert<\/strong>, and other sectors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2419\">Although <strong data-start=\"2254\" data-end=\"2287\">many Congolese suspect Uganda<\/strong> of backing the M23, Kampala claims it <strong data-start=\"2326\" data-end=\"2355\">helped prevent the rebels<\/strong> from advancing into <strong data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2387\">Butembo<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2392\" data-end=\"2400\">Beni<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"2404\" data-end=\"2418\">North Kivu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandan military officials have denied involvement in the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while Congolese citizens continue to suspect Uganda\u2019s double game in the ongoing conflict. In a recent report, United Nations experts accused Uganda of deploying over 1,000 new UPDF troops to Bunia and the territories of Mahagi and Djugu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1318,"featured_media":224654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[464],"class_list":["post-225993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-in-slide-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda Denies Military Meddling in Congo Amid UN Accusations and Local Suspicion - BWIZA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=225993\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uganda Denies Military Meddling in Congo Amid UN Accusations and Local Suspicion - BWIZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ugandan military officials have denied involvement in the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while Congolese citizens continue to suspect Uganda\u2019s double game in the ongoing conflict. 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