IS-linked militants kill at least 33 in eastern Congo village attack, civil society says
Local officials said the assault burned more than 50 homes and forced villagers to flee as the ADF continued its campaign against civilians.
- On Friday, Islamic State-linked militants killed at least 33 people in an overnight attack on the village of Cantine in North Kivu, burning and looting homes.
- The ADF, which has roots in Uganda and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2019, has long operated in the border region and routinely attacks civilians.
- Justin Paluku, head of a local civil society group, counted 33 bodies and more than 50 houses set on fire, describing the incident as a "major security failure."
- The violence forced villagers to flee to other parts of North Kivu, where a deadly Ebola outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus is raging and hampering the response.
- Roughly 100 other rebel groups, including the Rwanda-backed M23, operate in Congo, following a July 2025 attack that killed 66 people the United Nations called a "bloodbath.
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At least 33 people were killed in an attack by armed militants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in a village in eastern Congo. According to a local civil society organization, houses were set on fire and looted during the attack. "We heard gunshots and houses about 50 meters away were set on fire," says the director of a local hospital. The attack took place in Cantine in North Kivu province. Residents of the village have fled to other pa…
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IS-linked militants kill at least 33 in eastern Congo village attack, civil society says
Associated Press (AP) — Islamic State-linked militants killed at least 33 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Congo, burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said Friday.
Around 25 civilians have been killed in an attack by alleged members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), linked to the jihadist Islamic State group, in a village in North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sources of local civil society cited by the Congolese radio station ... Continue reading "About 25 people die in an attack attributed to an Islamic State group in DRC"
Approximately 25 civilians have been killed in an attack by members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), linked to the jihadist Islamic State group, in a locality in North Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sources of local civil society cited by Congolese radio station Radio Okapi have indicated that so far 24 deaths from the attack have been confirmed, launched early in the morning against Cantine-Aloya, lo…
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