Overview

• A Ugandan military helicopter crashed into a house in the western district of Ntoroko, near the Congo border, killing both crew members and a civilian inside the house.
• The helicopter was on its way to Congo to fight against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an extremist group allied with the Islamic State organization.
• The cause of the crash is suspected to be bad weather, a common explanation given by the Ugandan military for similar incidents in the past.
• In September 2022, two Ugandan military helicopters crashed in eastern Congo, resulting in the death of 22 Ugandan soldiers.
• The ADF has been accused of launching deadly attacks on civilians in Uganda and remote parts of eastern Congo.