May 21. (EUROPE PRESS) –
At least 16 dead and six wounded in an attack attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militias in the territory of Beni, in the Congolese province of North Kivu, in the northeast of the country.
The military administrator of the Beni territory, Colonel Charles Omeonga, has confirmed the deadly attack and has promised that he will give a final balance in the next few hours, in addition to assuring that the army is already on the offensive against the attackers, according to the 7sur7 portal. .
“The ADF raided Bashu in the city of Kavasewa. They operated in areas far from the security elements. Alerted, the elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) descended on the place. At the moment, they are working hard chasing this enemy,” Omeonga explained.
The ADF, created in Uganda in the 1990s, suffered a split in 2019 after United Nations and US sanctioned Musa Baluku swore allegiance to the jihadist group Islamic State in Central Africa (ISCA), under whose flag has been active since then.
It must be remembered that the United Nations has accused the group of executing around 1,200 civilians during 2021, according to a report published in January last year by the UN Joint Office for Human Rights in the DRC.
It should also be noted that North Kivu is the epicenter of fighting between the Army and the March 23 Movement rebel group, in a volatile situation that has left more than 800,000 displaced.
