{The colonel in charge of military operations against fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed in an ambush along with three other soldiers, according to a government spokesman.}<\/p>\n
Lambert Mende, the spokesman, said on Thursday that Colonel Mamadou Ndala, who helped to secure the military defeat of the M23 rebel group in November, died of his injuries after a rocket attack on his vehicle near the village of Masisi in North Kivu province.<\/p>\n
“Colonel Mamadou Ndala has been killed.<\/p>\n
“Apparently it was the ADF-Nalu [Ugandan rebel force] that killed him and two of his bodyguards,” Mende told news agency AFP.<\/p>\n
“This is really an immense loss for the armed forces and the republic.”<\/p>\n
ADF-NALU has been blamed for attacks and kidnappings around the town of Beni in North Kivu, including the deaths of at least 60 civilians in two attacks last month.<\/p>\n
The DRC government, together with 21,000 peacekeeping troops from the UN, are attempting to subdue armed groups that are operating in the east of the country.<\/p>\n
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