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2023-03-13 Africa Subsaharan
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ADF rebels kill 17 in east DR Congo: Villagers
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[AlAhram] Suspected ADF holy warriors on Sunday killed at least 17 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials, only days after the Islamist-aligned group conducted another massacre in the troubled region.
The Allied Democratic Forces
 ...the ADF is one of several murderous Moslem groups in NE Congo. In 2019 the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on them for the usual reasons. They don't appear to be affiliated with al-Qaeda or Islamic State, though ISIS claims their work from time to time — they just like killing infidels....
(ADF), which the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group claims as its central African affiliate, is one of the deadliest armed militias in eastern Congo, accused of slaughtering thousands of civilians.
The latest attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Kirindera in North Kivu province's Beni territory, according to village chief Katembo Kahongya.
"We have 17 dead and four maimed," he told AFP, adding that the holy warriors had also set fire to buildings.
"They used bladed weapons and fire to execute the population," Kahongya said.
Former North Kivu Governor Carly Nzanzu Kasivita also tweeted that suspected ADF fighters had killed 19 people at the village, noting the figure was provisional.
AFP was unable to independently confirm the corpse count.
Kirindera resident Mukondano Kambale said the holy warriors killed people in a hotel and health clinic before being chased away.
"It's fear and desolation in the centre of Kirindera," he said.
The attack comes after suspected ADF rebels killed over 40 people in twin attacks in neighbouring North Kivu villages on Wednesday, according to officials and residents.
A joint Congolese-Ugandan military operation targeting the 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...
has been underway since late 2021, but attacks have nonetheless continued.
Last week, the United States offered a reward of up to $5 million for information concerning ADF leader Seka Musa Baluku. 
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