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AT LEAST 10 people were killed in an overnight raid on a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country’s armed forces confirmed on Tuesday. Authorities in the east of the country said that fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist group which has expanded into the DRC from Uganda, carried out the attack on the village of Kabembeu. “So far a provisional assessment is of about 10 people killed. It is attributed to the Islamist ADF fighters,” Beni territory deputy administrator Rosette Kavula said. The ADF is believed to be behind a similar massacre i...

defenceWeb Written by Reuters - 139 Attackers killed around ten people in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities and the army said on Tuesday, blaming fighters from a Ugandan Islamist armed group. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group active in eastern Congo since the 1990s, has committed a succession of brutal reprisal attacks against civilians since the army began an operation against it in late 2019. The group killed around 850 people last year, according to UN figures. “So far a provisional assessment is of about te...

Attackers killed around 10 people in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities and the army said on Tuesday, blaming fighters from a Ugandan Islamist armed group.

Attackers killed around 10 people in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities and the army said on Tuesday, blaming fighters from a Ugandan militant armed group.