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10 killed in eastern DR Congo by rebels
[Dhaka Tribune] Between 10 and 21 non-combatants were killed in two attacks by a notorious militia in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , where government forces have vowed to root out gangs, sources said on Wednesday. Seven people were killed in the city of Beni and between three and 14 were killed near Oicha, 30km away, according to the UN radio Okapi, which quoted the military, and local civil society. The attacks late Tuesday were blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia of Ugandan origin targeted by an army campaign to restore peace to DR Congo's troubled east. At least 60 people have been killed by the ADF since the offensive began on October 30, according to a toll compiled by AFP. Commentators see the massacres as warnings to the local population against collaborating with government forces. The city of Beni was last targeted by the ADF in October 2018. The latest attacks sparked an exodus in the Beni district of Boikene and in the Mavete district of Oichi. Protests erupted against poor security, and members of the UN peacekeeping force, Monusco, were advised not to go out on the streets of Beni. The ADF's historical roots lie in Islamist Ugandans opposed to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ...  President-for-Life of Uganda. He assumed office in 1985. His primary virtue is being prefereable to both his predecessors, Idi Amin and Milton Obote...The group has plagued the North Kivu region bordering Uganda since the Congo Wars in the 1990s, although its membership has since broadened to non-Ugandans and it has not carried out an attack on Uganda for years. Hundreds of deaths have been attributed to the shadowy organization since 2015. Posted by: Fred 2019-11-21 |
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