Ugandan and Congolese troops free 200 captives from IS-affiliated militants

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KAMPALA, April 20 (Reuters) – Ugandan and Congolese soldiers rescued at least 200 civilians in a raid on an Islamist militant camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Uganda’s military said on Monday.

The captives had been held by the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan group operating in eastern Congo that pledged allegiance to Islamic State a decade ago.

(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema and Vincent Mumo Nzilani; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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