Tag: Joseph Kabila

27 church members among dead after Islamist assault in DRC

September 25, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens are feared killed as armed men believed to be Islamist militants from the ADF group stormed the eastern town of Beni, in the volatile province of North Kivu, on Saturday. According to local sources, the assailants, in great number, attacked the city . . . Read More

DR Congo: Ten killed, nuns kidnapped as presumed Islamist militants strike again in east

May 24, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

At least ten people have died in an attack near the town of Mbangkoro in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile region of North Kivu, on Sunday (20 May). It was nearly 6pm when armed men in uniform started firing at inhabitants. They burned a car, killing some inside; others . . . Read More

DRC: Two people killed every day in North Kivu

May 4, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

Civil society organisations in eastern DRC have reiterated their call to President Joseph Kabila to stop the ongoing killings, which have claimed more than 2,500 lives in three years. Until late 2017, the North Kivu region had enjoyed a period of relative calm before violence resumed with the killing of . . . Read More

Killings continue in eastern DRC

April 24, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

Fresh violence in the volatile region of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, claimed at least five lives over the weekend. According to local sources, the victims were killed as armed men believed to be militants of Muslim Defense International attacked a convoy of trucks on Friday night (20 April) near . . . Read More

5 killed in Islamist attack in DRC

February 12, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu, UN

A fresh attack – on 9 February – in the volatile province of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has claimed five lives and left several people injured. An undetermined number of others are also missing. According to French news site RFI, the attack took place at about 7pm, and targeted . . . Read More

DRC: Catholic priest briefly detained amidst political unrest

January 25, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

A Catholic priest kidnapped by armed men in the volatile region of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has been released. Fr. Robert Masinda from the parish of Bingo, in Beni, was kidnapped on Monday 22 January, along with five others, though four were soon released. According to Mgr. Laurent Sondirya, . . . Read More

Dozens killed as Islamist violence erupts again in eastern DRC

November 3, 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

After a period of relative calm, violence has resumed in eastern DRC. Various attacks by armed groups, including the radical Islamic group Muslim Defense International (MDI), formerly known as the Allied Democratic Forces, have claimed dozens lives among civilians in September and October. In one recent attack on 26 October, . . . Read More

Are attacks on DRC churches religiously motivated?

April 10, 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Catholics, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

Amid the increasing political unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, senior Catholic leaders have reported increasing attacks on church properties, and the intimidation and even torture of clergy. Below, World Watch Monitor’s Africa Bureau Chief, Illia Djadi, gives his perspective on what’s driving the new wave of violence. What . . . Read More

DR Congo: 7 killed by suspected Islamist militants

September 23, 2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Islamic extremism, Joseph Kabila, Uganda

A fresh attack in the volatile region of Beni, in eastern DR Congo, has left at least seven dead. The night raid on 22 Sep., which targeted communities in Kasinga, about 5km from the town of Beni, was carried out by suspected Islamist militants from the ADF-NALU group, local sources . . . Read More

DRC pastor – ‘We don’t understand why this is happening to us’

August 15, 2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eringeti, IDPs, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu, Oicha, Uganda

A relatively unknown militant group has intensified attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raising fears of the emergence of a new jihadist organisation in central Africa. For years now, one of various rebel groups operating there, the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces-National Association for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU), . . . Read More

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