At Least 22 Killed in 2 Uganda Helicopter Crashes, Congo Army Says

The national flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the shoulder of a Congolese colonel on Dec. 8, 2021. Sébastien Kitsa Musayi/AFP via Getty Images

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo—At least 22 people were killed when two Ugandan military helicopters crashed on Monday and Tuesday in east Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, a Congo army spokesman who asked not to be named told Reuters on Wednesday.

Uganda sent troops to its central African neighbor in December to help fight a rebel group known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).