US EditionRebels linked to Islamic State group kill at least 20 in Congo village attack, army says
The Allied Democratic Forces killed at least 20 villagers with knives and firearms, causing mass displacement in North Kivu, part of 62 civilian deaths this year, activists said.
- On Monday, the military said rebels backed by the Islamic State group killed at least 20 people in an early Saturday attack in Mambimbi-Isigo village, Lubero territory.
- Tracing its roots to Uganda, the Allied Democratic Forces formed in the late 1990s and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in 2019.
- According to civil-society leaders, fighters raided farmers' fields before attacking civilians with knives and firearms, with many civilians still missing, Kinos Kitwa said.
- The attack prompted mass displacement, aggravating humanitarian needs, Mitela said, who also criticized the small number of Congolese army troops; on Monday, U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix began a two-day visit to Beni.
- At least 62 civilians have been killed since the start of the year in Beni and Lubero territories, and the July 2025 attacks killed more than 100, the North Kivu Provincial Civil Society Coordination said.
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Rebels linked to Islamic State group kill at least 20 in Congo village attack
Rebels backed by the Islamic State group killed at least 20 people in an attack over the weekend on a village in eastern Congo, the military said Monday. The attack by the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, took place early Saturday in the village of Mambimbi-Isigo in the Lubero territory…
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Rebels linked to Islamic State group kill at least 20 in Congo village attack, army says
Rebels backed by the Islamic State group have killed at least 20 people in eastern Congo. The military says the attack by the Allied Democratic Forces took place early Saturday in the village of Mambimbi-Isigo.
At least 20 people have been killed in an attack on the village of Mambimbi-Isigo in northeastern Congo by the Islamic State-linked United Democratic Forces rebel group, the UN said on Monday. The death toll may not be definitive.
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