CODECO rebel attack kills 15 people in eastern DR Congo
10 months ago

CODECO rebel attack kills 15 people in eastern DR Congo

Al Jazeera  

Violence has been on the rise in the conflict-hit eastern DR Congo in recent weeks as multiple armed groups wreak havoc. Armed rebels have killed 15 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled Ituri province, local sources said on Sunday, in the second such attack in days. CODECO fighters ambushed users of a road near the village of Tali where they stopped 15 people, including one woman, on Saturday afternoon, said Jules Tsuba, a civil society leader in Djugu, a town in the area. Efforts to reduce violence in the DRC have seen the deployment of thousands of South African troops as part of a Southern African Development Community mission to fight against armed rebel groups in the east.

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Extremist rebels linked to IS kill at least 9 and kidnap 3 in eastern Congo
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Extremist rebels linked to IS kill at least 9 and kidnap 3 in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others, authorities said on Wednesday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesperson for the …

13 killed, many kidnapped by extremist rebels in eastern Congo
1 month ago

13 killed, many kidnapped by extremist rebels in eastern Congo

Deccan Chronicle  

Kinshasa: At least 13 people were killed and others kidnapped in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, local authorities said on Saturday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces, which has ties to IS, killed civilians in Mabisio village in North Kivu province, said the area's administrator, Col. Alain Kiwewa, on state television. Eastern Congo has …

At least 13 killed, many others kidnapped by extremist rebels in Congo
1 month ago

At least 13 killed, many others kidnapped by extremist rebels in Congo

Hindustan Times  

At least 13 people were killed and others kidnapped in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, local authorities said Saturday. Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence for decades as more than 120 groups fight for power, land and valuable mineral resources. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces, which has ties to IS, killed civilians …

20 people die in a militia attack in restive northeastern Congo
3 months ago

20 people die in a militia attack in restive northeastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — A militia attack killed over a dozen villagers in northeastern Congo, local authorities said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of violent assaults targeting civilians. Eastern Congo has been torn by decadelong fighting between government forces and more than 120 armed groups, often involving bombs targeting civilians as the militias seek a share of the region’s …

ISIL-affiliated rebel fighters blamed after 38 killed in DR Congo attack
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ISIL-affiliated rebel fighters blamed after 38 killed in DR Congo attack

Al Jazeera  

The armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province. Rebel fighters affiliated with ISIL have killed at least 38 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials and a civil society leader in the region have said. The armed men used guns and …

ADF rebels kill at least 50 civilians in eastern DRC: local media
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ADF rebels kill at least 50 civilians in eastern DRC: local media

China Daily  

KINSHASA -- Recent deadly attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces rebels have resulted in the deaths of at least 50 civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, local media reported on Saturday, citing local officials. According to local sources, the ADF carried out two overnight assaults in the Beni region of North Kivu province, killing at least …

3 Tanzanian soldiers were killed as violence persists in eastern Congo
8 months, 2 weeks ago

3 Tanzanian soldiers were killed as violence persists in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Three Tanzanian soldiers were killed and three others injured after a mortar shell landed near their camp in eastern Congo, where the Tanzanians are deployed under the banner of a regional bloc to help quell violence. President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo blames neighboring Rwanda for providing military support to the M23, an allegation Rwandan officials no longer …

A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo
10 months ago

A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo

Al Jazeera  

The resource-rich country, now facing a major rebel attack, has been racked by conflict for more than 30 years. On October 24, 1996, the Tutsi-dominated AFDL in Kivu and troops of the Rwandan army launched offensives in eastern DRC, sparking the First Congo War. In response, Rwanda backed a new rebel group, the Rally for Congolese Democracy which launched a …

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country's leader rules out talks with Rwanda
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country's leader rules out talks with Rwanda

The Hindu  

January 31, 2024 12:53 pm | Updated 12:54 pm IST - Kinshasa “Militants killed at least 12 villagers in a spate of attacks in eastern Congo,” a local official and a civil society leader said as the country’s President ruled out dialogue with neighbouring Rwanda over a related conflict. The killings in Congo's North Kivu province took place on January …

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country’s leader rules out talks with Rwanda
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country’s leader rules out talks with Rwanda

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Militants killed at least 12 villagers in a spate of attacks in eastern Congo, a local official and a civil society leader said as the country’s president ruled out dialogue with neighboring Rwanda over a related conflict. The killings in Congo’s North Kivu province took place on Tuesday and were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces, …

Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said late Thursday, the latest violence in the country’s conflict-battered east. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians, army spokesman Lt. Col. Guillaume N’djike Kaïko said in …

Extremist-linked rebels kill at least 44 villagers in separate attacks in Congo’s volatile east
1 year, 1 month ago

Extremist-linked rebels kill at least 44 villagers in separate attacks in Congo’s volatile east

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Extremist-linked rebels have killed at least 44 villagers in separate attacks in Congo’s volatile east, local authorities and civil society leaders said Tuesday. The Allied Democratic Forces rebels with ties to the Islamic State group attacked Kishanga village in North Kivu province on Sunday night and killed 33 people including a member of the Congolese army, said …

The massive displacement in Congo | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

The massive displacement in Congo | Explained

The Hindu  

November 07, 2023 10:41 pm | Updated November 13, 2023 12:23 pm IST The story so far: On October 30, the UN International Organization of Migration reported that the number of people who have been internally displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 6.9 million. Since then, the eastern DRC, bordering Rwanda, has been facing insurgency perpetrated …

Clash between armed forces and protesters in Congo kills at least 26, local official says
1 year, 3 months ago

Clash between armed forces and protesters in Congo kills at least 26, local official says

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — A clash between Congolese armed forces and members of a religious sect protesting Western organizations operating in Congo killed at least 26 people, a local official said Thursday. The violence broke out early Wednesday in the eastern city of Goma where Wazalendo followers gathered for a protest, which had been banned by the city mayor, against a …

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say
1 year, 4 months ago

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Rebel groups, including one with ties to the Islamic State group, killed at least 21 people in restive northeastern Congo over the weekend, local officials said Monday. Isaac Kibira, deputy delegate of the governor in the Central African nation’s northeastern Bwito township, said the victims in one attack were shot and killed early Sunday by members of …

More than 45 people killed by militia groups in eastern Congo, says the United Nations
1 year, 6 months ago

More than 45 people killed by militia groups in eastern Congo, says the United Nations

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — More than 45 people have been killed and a dozen wounded by a militia group in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, said the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo on Monday. The attack, which occurred Sunday evening into Monday morning, is believed to have been perpetrated by the CODECO militia group, which massacred vulnerable displaced people at the …

At least 18 people killed by extremist rebels in several villages in eastern Congo
1 year, 6 months ago

At least 18 people killed by extremist rebels in several villages in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Extremist rebels in eastern Congo’s Ituri province killed at least 18 people in several villages, according to a human rights group. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked people in the Irumu territory villages of Mutuyeyi, Bekembele and Bulesi villages last weekend, Christophe Munyanderu, coordinator of the Convention for the Respect of Human Rights, reported Wednesday. The …

At least 17 civilians killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo
1 year, 6 months ago

At least 17 civilians killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — At least 17 people were killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, local authorities said. Civilians were killed by fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces — believed to be linked with the Islamic State group — in the Bambuba-kisiki area in Beni territory, said Sabiti Njiamoja, a deputy to the local governor, on Monday. …

Congo: At least 22 people killed by rebels; second large-scale deadly attack in a week
1 year, 8 months ago

Congo: At least 22 people killed by rebels; second large-scale deadly attack in a week

India TV News  

Congo deadly attack: At least 22 civilians were killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo - the group's second large-scale deadly attack of the week, local authorities said Saturday. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces — which has ties to the Islamic State group — attacked people in Beni territory in North Kivu province late Friday evening, said Nicolas Kambale, …

At least 19 people killed in Congo by suspected extremists
1 year, 9 months ago

At least 19 people killed in Congo by suspected extremists

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health center and houses, authorities reported Sunday. Gunmen suspected of being part of the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia with links to the Islamic State group, attacked civilians in Kirindera town, Carly Nzanzu, the former governor of North Kivu province, said in an …

Congo: 49 bodies found in mass graves after militia attacks
1 year, 11 months ago

Congo: 49 bodies found in mass graves after militia attacks

Firstpost  

Kinshasha: Mass graves containing the bodies of 49 civilians have been discovered in northeastern Congo after a series of weekend attacks blamed on a local militia, the United Nations said Wednesday. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters in New York that the graves had been uncovered in two villages in Ituri province, about 30 kilometers east of the town …

New Congo attack by local militia kills 7, many flee: UN
1 year, 11 months ago

New Congo attack by local militia kills 7, many flee: UN

Firstpost  

The same local militia CODECO — Cooperative for the Development of Congo — has been blamed for the killings United Nations: The United Nations on Thursday reported a deadly new attack in volatile northeastern Congo by the same local militia blamed for killing nearly 50 people recently discovered in mass graves. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the latest attack …

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says U.N.
1 year, 11 months ago

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says U.N.

LA Times  

The accounts are haunting. At the Bunagana border crossing with Uganda, the rebels earned an average of $27,000 a month making people pay to carry goods in and out of the country, said the U.N. Two locals living under M23, who did not want to be named out of fear for their safety, told the Associated Press they’d been forced …

UN extends Congo peacekeeping force with an eye to its exit
2 years ago

UN extends Congo peacekeeping force with an eye to its exit

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo with an eye to its eventual exit, and to lift a notification requirement on some arms purchases which Congo’s foreign minister recently called “unjustified and humiliating.” The separate resolutions were approved amid worsening security in Congo’s mineral-rich east, a region rife with rebel …

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN
2 years ago

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN

Associated Press  

BENI, Congo — Arbitrarily shooting, stabbing, raping and abducting people, rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted “unspeakable violence” against civilians, says a new U.N. report. The M23 rebel group killed men, women and children in two villages in Congo’s Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month, according to a preliminary investigation by the …

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says
2 years ago

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says

Al Jazeera  

Victims were ‘arbitrarily executed’ during a massacre in two villages in North Kivu in late November, a preliminary investigation has found. M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo late last month as part of a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting, the United Nations has said. In a preliminary investigation released on …

Burundi sends troops to DRC for regional peacekeeping force
2 years, 4 months ago

Burundi sends troops to DRC for regional peacekeeping force

Al Jazeera  

There are more than 120 armed groups active in the DRC, driving longstanding conflict in the country. The deployment was confirmed by a DRC army spokesman, Lieutenant Marc Elongo, who said the mandate is to track down “all foreign and local armed groups in order to restore peace” in the mineral-rich region bordering Rwanda and Uganda where dozens of rebel …

Anti-Rwanda protest in DR Congo over alleged rebel ‘backing’
2 years, 6 months ago

Anti-Rwanda protest in DR Congo over alleged rebel ‘backing’

Al Jazeera  

Relations have been strained since the mass arrival of Rwandan Hutus in eastern DRC after the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Hundreds have staged an anti-Rwanda protest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa, over Kigali’s alleged support to the M23, a notorious rebel group, as tensions between the two neighbours grow. The Rwanda Defence Force later said two soldiers …

Civilians killed in eastern DR Congo rebel attack
2 years, 6 months ago

Civilians killed in eastern DR Congo rebel attack

Al Jazeera  

Several civilians have been killed by rebel fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the country’s army and civil society groups. A spokesman for the DRC army told the AFP news agency that “more than a dozen” people have been killed in Saturday’s attack, while the Red Cross put the death toll at 24. The killings took place …

UN: Latest DRC violence has displaced more than 72,000 people
2 years, 6 months ago

UN: Latest DRC violence has displaced more than 72,000 people

Al Jazeera  

Eastern DR Congo has experienced near-constant conflict since 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past week between the army and M23 rebels has forced more than 72,000 people from their homes, the United Nations has said. The M23, a rebel group claiming to represent the interests of ethnic …

DR Congo: Fourteen killed in machete attack in Ituri province
2 years, 9 months ago

DR Congo: Fourteen killed in machete attack in Ituri province

Al Jazeera  

Seven children, including a two-year-old girl, and five women aged between 25 and 32 were killed, says Red Cross. Fourteen people, including seven children, have been killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Red Cross has said, as a community leader blamed a notorious armed group for the bloody attack. The attack took place in a …

DRC militia kills dozens in attack on camp for displaced people
2 years, 10 months ago

DRC militia kills dozens in attack on camp for displaced people

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A militia in eastern Democratic …

Suspected ADF attacks kill 16 people in eastern DR Congo
3 years ago

Suspected ADF attacks kill 16 people in eastern DR Congo

Al Jazeera  

Violence follows launch of joint military operations against the armed group by the DRC and Uganda. Suspected fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces have killed 16 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in attacks that took place as a joint operation by Congolese and Ugandan forces against the armed group is currently under way. Local officials said on …

More than 20 killed in attack on DR Congo displaced persons camp
3 years ago

More than 20 killed in attack on DR Congo displaced persons camp

Al Jazeera  

At least 22 people were killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in Ituri province. At least 22 civilians have been killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an aid worker and civil rights leader have said. Red Cross coordinator Mambo Bapu Mance …

At least 16 killed, others missing after east Congo attack
3 years, 2 months ago

At least 16 killed, others missing after east Congo attack

India TV News  

At least 16 people were killed and several others kidnapped by rebels in Congo’s east, as violence continues to rise in the area. The attack, about 25 kilometers from the town of Beni, was carried out by Allied Democratic Forces rebels, according to army spokesman Capt. “These Ugandan-based ADF rebels attacked the peaceful farm area around 6 p.m., killing and …

Suspected rebels kill 16 in eastern Congo
3 years, 5 months ago

Suspected rebels kill 16 in eastern Congo

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 16 people were …

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