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Ituri Province, Lukaya – An ADF attack on an army position in the town of Lukaya left two civilians and one ADF member dead. [100] 9 May 21 unknown Nyunzu territory, Tanganika province – An ambush on a motorcycle left three people dead in Kanani. A militia attack on the village of Kasoso left 18 people dead. [101] 10 May 5 0 ADF
The clashes in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo are a series of attacks by Mobondo militia on armed forces (FARDC) and Teke civilians which started in June 2022. The conflict has an ethnic component, as the Mobondo is mainly recruited from Yaka and other ethnic groups that are migrating into territories traditionally inhabited by Teke.
Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the army and a village chief report. It is the latest of such attacks that the United Nations says may be war crimes. The ADF have killed more than 1,000 people since 2019, according to UN figures. [47] 24 August
Nangaa told Reuters by phone that Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi had ordered the attack, without providing evidence. ... which has battled Congo's army and seized swathes of territory in the ...
Congo's army said Rwandan troops and rebels fired rockets and grenades into a crowd gathered on Thursday in Bukavu's central square for a speech by one of M23's leaders. "The Rwandan army and its ...
The M23 formed as an offshoot of another rebel group in 2012, ostensibly to protect the Tutsi population in eastern DR Congo, which had long complained of persecution and discrimination.
The 2025 Goma offensive was a military operation launched by the March 23 Movement (M23), a Congolese rebel group that is part of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and is supported by Rwanda, against the regional capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It lasted from January 23 to January 30, 2025.
Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city on Tuesday, as M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance from army and ...