Uganda's President Says Hundreds of Militants Killed in DRC Operation

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Thursday his army's operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed more than 560 members of the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, a group allied with Islamic State militants.

Museveni also said he has asked the DRC army to deploy local militia to stop the ADF, a move analysts warned will only cause more trouble.

In an address Thursday ni