At least 40 people have been killed, in an attack on a school in western Uganda.
It happened in Mpondweh.
It’s a few kilometres from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
The police say a dormitory was set on fire by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces.
The army says it’s pursuing the attackers to rescue those abducted.
The US says the armed group is a terrorist organisation.
It began as an armed uprising in Uganda but has been based in eastern Congo since the late 1990s.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi is following developments from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. And Daniel Bwambale. He is a lawyer and expert on Government and Current affairs. He joins us from Kampala.
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Absolutely wickedness the lord will being judgement upon the attackers
What a coincidence. Uganda passed law against the LGBTQ, and the west didn’t waste time ..
Africa must not giving to these resistances, it is a well plan Agenda by powerful forces that want to keep Africa undermined, divided and defeated, Why are This so call [ UN ] Still in Africa??? They’re just an distraction that are Blindfolding Africa to carried out the west Agenda,?????????????????????????????????????????????????, They need to be kick out of Africa, Africa will never rise with them in Africa
The journalist didn’t seem confident about what she’s reporting on at the beginning
That said, this incident is incredibly horrific. May all those souls rest in peace. Museveni please we are counting on you to go after those pigs.
You are so beautiful ❤️🤩
This is questionable, After…..😮
This IS not EDF no this IS museveni
🇺🇲🇺🇲 America /Babylon is behind this because they refuse to accept there gay Agenda!! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈👹👺👹
But why my mother land😭😭 may the soul of our brothers and sisters rest in peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Condolences to the family but is so fishy.. every attack is ADF and Uganda must send troops to congo.. its doesn’t add up because over 5000updf in a small square area
Keep your stupid army in Uganda. Thieves. This is just the beginning. Uganda will pay for all the killing and stealing it has done against the congo.
This is among the most guarded boarders by thw UPDF and the school is a few metres away,how then cld the revels kill and maimed all the students.
Could this be a punitive response from the West following President Museveni’s bolstering of LGBTQ rights?
I don’t agree with that attack, it’s Museveni not ADF because he wants to go back to Congo. Museveni is a serial killer he can do anything to get money from western
What the he’ll is wrong with black people. Haven’t they come to consciousness by now after so many centuries that they are a collective people has been disadvantage long enough. My God why are we still fighting and killing each other . Dragging each other deeper and deeper into the pits of despair and poverty. While the other nations are maintaining their economies and robust wealth of the natural resources of our Africa we as a people maintain this crab mentality. Instead of putting our differences. Be it cultural . ethnicity . Clanism . Tribalism . Statehood . And all the other . A am richer than you . I am more famous than you . I am more royal than you Bullsh….that is use to divide us
It’s to sad he can do anything to get money gold because he doesn’t care about Ugandan
What a horrible reporter
Right after they signed that X🌈 BILL
Is the 🇺🇸 behind this?
Funny looking news reporters
I mean, be serious guys. Take a look at the distance from Nairobi to the boarder between Uganda and RDC , and they still go on to get information from a person with rumors from Nairobi. Come on guys
Coreection, its lslamists not an armed group. .. they did this… As usual.
WOW – JUST WAR PROPAGANDA FROM MUSEVENI AND HIS M23 REBEL OUTFIT?
That is museveni organization .
Museveni has been making road in Congo
Please confirm with asp asimwe bible and politics blogger
Deepest condolences to the bereaved… This is an attack because of the “bill”…
I was looking for this exact comment. What a horrifically sad incident. But isn’t it a “coincidence” that an anti homosexual bill was recently passed that angered western governments? The minute I seen this, that’s what came to my mind. I mean when have we even heard of Uganda other than this and the “bill”?! And the “Islamic State” of course always seems to be conveniently fighting the west’s wars for them.
Islamic militant.
Uganda has more pressing issues than carrying out witch hunts on the LGBTQ community. RIP to those kids 🙏🏿
All terrorist groups inside Africa are western sponsored. How dare Uganda stand up to the Alphabet Mafia. Warrior Ancestors please arise, its time, no more playing with these people enough is enough…Oracle/Healer
CIA
Sorry for the lose of life. To bad there wasn’t soldiers there to protect.
Condolences, loss of innocent young lives.
This journalist did not do her homework,.
This ultimately comes down to the corrupt ikhwani “ends justify the means” ideology which went into al-Qaeda, then ISIS.
Has al Jazeera just now successfully hide the real identity if the terrorist group and blame it on political issue and not designated them as Islamic terrorists😂.
But we also view BBC, and we know its Islamic jihadi terrorists who has done this, unlucky al jazeera failed to hide it.🙄
Usa have a hands 🙌 in this
endless fighting and death
Islam is such a blessing to the world!
Strike the unbeliever!
“Strike the unbeliever” as you have put it, may be I did not get you correctly. Are you referring the Victims (students) as Unbelievers?
5 militants & all these grown kids, older than most of the militants, couldn’t stop or kill them so they aren’t able to attack another unsuspecting group of vulnerable. Why are they not protecting the school children. This isn’t the first attack, it’s non stop in Uganda daily. The abducted were found all deceased.
Jihad. Nobody dares to talk about this evil 7th century ideology.
The UN must demand France to withdraw all of French troops from DRC
On the visit of the Brazilian president to Europe, if he doesn’t talk about the situation of immigrants who depart from North Africa towards Europe. He will be saying that Africans get what they deserve. The migratory flow is caused by the Arab spring financed by European countries that owed mainly to Libya! These thieving European countries then wreaked havoc so they wouldn’t have to pay what they owed.
Is it possible that those events are connected to the recent amendments regarding the Homosexual?
Museveni is the very person killing Ugandans.He is a serial terrorist and manipulative.
What a horrifically sad incident. But isn’t it a “coincidence” that an anti homosexual bill was recently passed that angered western governments? The minute I seen this, that’s what came to my mind. I mean when have we even heard of Uganda other than this and the “bill”?! And the “Islamic State” of course always seems to be conveniently fighting the west’s wars for them.
Karma is coming to uganda and rwanda for all the evil they have comited aginst congo. The same western countries that have been working with them will turn against them.
Now we have fewer homophobes to deal with. 😊
UPDF should get out of congo adf wont attack uganda if that is done beside uganda has alway stollen gold diamond thats y they cant leave UPDF GET OUT OF CONGO thats all.
Sincere condolences to the families of the deceased students both girls and boys.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😭😭😭😭😭😭😭This world is turning into something very terrible and embarrassing.
Quick, defund their police and disarm the law abiding citizens! You idiots.
WHY IS THE MEDIA REFUSING TO CALL THESE ATTACKS WHAT THEY ARE? THIS IS ISLAMIC ATTACKS ON THE INNOCENT!! TIRED OF THE MEDIA COVERING UP FOR THIS SATANIC RELIGION!!
Because they turn down man to man and woman to woman now u have terrorist attack.
Just awful. Nobody is safe in Uganda. They need new leader’s, and they need no Russian, or Chinese influence, or there will be only more, and more terrorists.
USA trying to force LGBTQ on Uganda with all means necessary
Those poor parents 😔
It seems the Ugandan soldiers are weak, they definitely need an overhaul. How come there was three military bases not far from the school. This is exactly why Alshabaab has overrun them in Somalia where hundreds of UDF soldiers were killed.
🙏🙏🙏
Stop Stop !!! pretending that they are intentionally not targeting Christians & there is no religious angle !!!! We need another Crusades
Aljazeera train some ugandan journalist not those far away who are theoretical
We are so so suddened, i am right here in Uganda 🇺🇬, and that was too scary 😢😢.. condolences to families of the deceased and more worries and concerns to the families of those abducted 😢😢.. u live to wonder if they will survived or die a more painful death… Pray for Kasese my home District 😢
They were slaughtered like animals 😭😭😭😭.I can’t hinder crying
Islamic state responsible 😐 don’t spread fake information.religion if peace Islam 😊😊😁😁😁🥵✌️
The CIA hand and lag is among no doubt 🧐
There is nothing like ADF because ADF is M7 and Kagame these are the same two people killing people in Congo because of thier Tutsi empire their trying to build.
You should really stop this nonsense.
what are people who aren’t even on the ground reporting?
We are worried about what may come next , oh God help our beautiful 🥰 Uganda
Devide and rule. old British game. Still working.
We Ugandans know it’s because our government is against Homosexuality.
The US is trying to embarrass the government it’s nothing.
We the citizens will deal with those idiots who thing they have the right to attack our students who are themselves armless.
Yesterday we arrested and kill One ADF member who was trying to cross over to Congo.
The gun is an enemy of education.
Islam strikes again
Mr Bwambale you have represented very well.
May the souls of the deceased rest in peace 🙏
One thing is certain Uganda 🇺🇬 should know by now that you must protect all your institutions along the Congo 🇨🇩 DRC Border and Station 🚉 24 Hour Security Cameras 📷 at all strategic locations and place your best 👌🏿 trained Soldiers along the border of the Congo 🇨🇩…… Dua’s for our lost of lives and families…..
whoever says that updf and Drc forces haven’t achieved much in congo must be so sick, there’s free movement of people and goods, many territories have killed and many slandered, number of weapons captured etc, RIP to the innocent souls🙏🙏
LGBTQ retaliates in the most cruel manner. Museveni shall have to rethink about that specific law before it goes out of hand.
Why is the reporter in Kenya instead of Uganda?
Aljezira this news seems not well reported since the reporter is not in Uganda sorry
Uganda will be like Sudan, Nigeria and Mali take my words….they Islam is turning all African against each other in order to spread their religion.
What about massacre of 52 million people during christianization and Eu Colonization?
So Sad, Why attacking innocent people. May their Souls Rest in Eternal Peace,
So sad indeed. May God strengthen the families of the breaved
AMERICAN TORORIST GROUP
LGBT Americans are starting a war to destabilize that country. Uganda block your country from the Americans before it’s too late
Inside job🤫
You can’t stop LGBT. They will either convert your children, or kill them.
You must submit your children to LGBT.
Thanks for representing kasese from bukonzo region 👏👏
I’m from Somalia. This is worrying. Uganda was heavily criticized lately by the US for it’s ‘homosexual bill’.
I can see patterns of the West and the manner in which “unfriendly governments” are dealt with.
1) First heavy pressure is brought to bear
2) Followed by limited strategic sanctions
3) Sudden acts of terrorism.
BLM means absolutely nothing in Africa
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Sometimes can you put these together why would they do that and who gives them those weapons to do it with if you go deep in the jungle I bet you is somebody is something they want in that area and it ain’t Africa if some foreign some material they didn’t file something that they want as usual😮
The governance of Uganda will take many actions, talk a lot, and yet achieve next to nothing to bring the perpetrators to justice
America sent those ppl to kill because of homosexuality Bill
Shame on you governments of uganda and congo!
Wisdom.. be always diplomatic when disagreeing with the West especially US. They do not like to be openly challenged. You have to pretend when you deal with them because they love to dominate others.
C.I.A behind this also. The ev–>il regime needs to keep creating hate and wars all over the world.
Not ADF it’s SFC of Uganda
Armed Muslim group* don’t whitewash just because they are from same religion. Truth should be spread🙏
the way the woman is talking is so annoying…im so sorry and condolences to the families of this little angels
Hahaha ….When Uganda passes anti-Lgbtq laws then the stupid Zionist west sends Islamic terrorists which the West created to attack them in the name of Islam ..Old Zionist falls flag operation man .
We have not yet got some of our relatives we are still even speechless
Oppose American imperialism
Issue in Uganda but reporting from Nairobi…
Oh that cheeky religion of peace! What are they like?!?
America and Western Counties plans