Beni – Around 20 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were killed in a fresh attack by the suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, monitors said on Monday.
“At least 20 civilians were killed in #Kikura village (#Beni territory, North #Kivu) on Sunday night. The #ADF are suspected,” the US-based Kivu Security Tracker (KST) said on Twitter.
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The ADF which the so-called Islamic State describes as its local affiliate has been blamed for thousands of deaths in eastern DRC as well as a spate of recent bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
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