The Walendu Bindi chiefdom in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has fallen into the hands of the rebels of Force de Resistance Patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI) who have replaced both state authorities and the army in the chiefdom. This is despite the state of siege imposed by the DR Congo government in […]
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Two Mai-Mai rebels were killed while two soldiers of the DR Congo national army, FARDC, were wounded in an attack on the central hydro-electric station of Energie du Nord-Kivu (ENK) located in Taliha, 35km to the east of Butembo town in the Bashu chiefdom. According to Philomen Musavuli, head of the communication unit of ENK, […]
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At least 15 persons were killed on Sunday, Jan. 16, in two separate attacks by rebels in Ituri province of eastern DR Congo. Ngandjole Assani, leader of the local civil society, disclosed that the rebels burnt down houses, looted shops, and killed six persons including four women. Assani said rebels of the Cooperative pour le […]
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Eleven worshippers attending a church service in Kokonyange village, in the Baboa-Bokoe chiefdom of Irumu territory in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, were killed during an attack by rebels of the Force Patriotique et Integrationniste du Congo (FPIC). The attack occurred on the evening of Saturday Jan. 15, about 10 km to the north […]
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One of the notorious leaders of the Ugandan rebel group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) movement, operating in eastern DR Congo has been arrested by the Congolese national army, FARDC. Benjamin Kisokeranio was arrested on Tuesday, Jan.11, in Uvira at the Kavinvira border post. According to Maj. Dieudonne Kasereka, spokesperson of the FARDC in South Kivu, […]
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At least 35 civilians being held hostage by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have been freed by soldiers of the DR Congo national army, FARDC, in Irumu territory of Ituri. The hostages were freed on Monday, Jan. 10, during operations by the soldiers and taken to Bunia, chief town of Ituri where they were presented […]
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Four rebels of the Mai-Mai Baraka group were killed and one other captured on Wednesday, Jan. 12, in an attack on a police control post at Kyambogho, situated to the south entrance of Butembo, North Kivu. One of the police officers who were manning the control post was also killed and eyewitnesses report hearing gunshots […]
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An attack by militia on a police post in Alundu village which led to the death of three police officers, has forced authorities in Milimba, the Fizi upper plateau of North Kivu, DR Congo, to evacuate 30 police officers deployed to the area, Police said. According to Assani Muzinga, commander of the Milimba police, the […]
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Eighteen Twigwaneho militia and two soldiers of the DR Congo national army, FARDC, died during clashes in the locality of Mugeti of the Bijombo tribal group in the upper plateau of Uvira, South Kivu, the DR Congo army has announced. The clashes occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 4. “A unit of the FARDC sent on reinforcement […]
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Three persons, including a woman, were killed in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels on Nzenzeka village, located near Mwenda in Ruwenzori sector of Beni territory in North Kivu. According to local sources, the attack on Sunday, Jan. 2, took place at 9 p.m. during which the victims were shot to death in […]
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A colonel, three rank and file soldiers of the DR Congo national army, FARDC, and 12 rebels died on Monday, Dec. 27, in clashes between the army and a coalition of Makanika-Twigwaneho rebels and their foreign allies in the Upper Plateaux of Fizi territory in South Kivu. According to Maj. Dieudonne Kasereka, spokesperson of the […]
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Thirty-one combatants of the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) have been killed in three days of pounding of their positions by the DR Congo national army, FARDC. The DR Congo army announced on Tuesday, Dec. 28, that its troops pounded the rebels in their bastions in the Mungwalu region in Djugu territory of […]
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