Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said DR Congo had authorised the air strikes carried out on 4 November, destroying a "big terrorist camp".

Mr Museveni, who shared images of the aerial operation, said the militants had fled the boundary of the joint operations, necessitating precise offensives against them.

“The ignorant terrorists do not know that within just minutes - not hours - we can reach with deadly fire, many areas, far beyond the line of the limit of exploitation,” he said.

Mr Museveni pledged to continue to work with DR Congo to tackle the militants who Uganda blamed for a series of bombings in Kampala nearly a year ago, prompting the joint operations.