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Army claims to have killed 14 ADF rebels

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    The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) reportedly killed 14 rebels of the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) in an ambush recently, the semi-official 'New Vision' newspaper said. The army claimed it engaged the rebels as they crossed from Semliki National Park to a new headquarters in Kikura, eastern DRC. The paper quoted a military source as saying the rebels numbered 30 to 40 and were carrying drugs and foodstuff "looted" from Bundibugyo in western Uganda. "Fourteen were killed in one spot, and many wounded, in a deadly morning ambush," he claimed.

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