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Over Six People Killed In DR Congo Christmas Day Bombing
At least six people have reportedly died after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern city of Beni. Authorities have accused the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) of Saturday’s attack. The militia is one of the deadliest armed groups in the region and is claimed by…
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Armed Rebels Kill Over 12 People In Northern DRC
At least a dozen people have died after armed rebels attack displaced civilians in the northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a military spokesperson. Jules Ngongo, a spokesperson for Ituri’s military government, told the Reuters news agency that suspected fighters from the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO)…
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Third Bomb Explosion Kills Two Children In Uganda
Two children have been killed in Nakaseke district, north of Uganda’s capital Kampala after a fruit-like bomb exploded in a children’s playground on Friday. According to reports, the device was shaped like an exotic “jackfruit” and was given to the children while they were playing. A 14-year-old and a second child with disabilities died from…
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Suspected ADF Rebels Kill Dozens In Northeast DR Congo
UN sources have revealed at least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sources are suspecting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group of carrying out the attack in the Ituri area on Saturday. Dieudonne Malangayi, acting chairman of the chiefdom of Walese Vonkutu, initially…
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Over 50 Killed In Attacks On Two DR Congo Villages
A local official has blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for the recent attack on the villages of Boga and Tchabi in the eastern Ituri region, killing at least 50 people. Military spokesman Jules Ngongo told news agencies that ADF fighters attacked the villages in two overnight ambushes. The two villages lie on the border between…
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Militant Unrest Claim Over 200 Lives In DR Congo
The United Nations refugee agency has reported an “alarming increase” in attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – a historically Ugandan group present in eastern DRC since 1995. The report showed that over 200 persons have been killed and 40,000 more displaced in ongoing attacks attributed to armed groups affiliated to ISIL (ISIS) since…