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More than 80 people were killed in one week by suspected Islamists in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported. It follows an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on villages in the east of the country. “The attack had been carried out by members of the Allied …

A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Saturday, killing at least five people as well as himself, local officials said. “The suicide bomber, prevented by security guards from entering a crowded bar, activated the bomb at the entrance of the bar,” the …

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi has reassured citizens that the intervention of Ugandan troops in the east of the country will be “limited”, the Reuters news agency reports. For nearly two weeks, Ugandan and Congolese soldiers have been working together to fight members of the …

The Ugandan army has launched joint air and artillery strikes against the rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, BBC News reports. Uganda People’s Defence Forces Spokesperson Brigadier General Flavia Byekwaso has confirmed this via her official twitter account. She said that the …

At least 22 people have been killed in an attack in a camp for displaced people in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local media have reported. The armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codeco) are blamed to have opened fire on the camp. Twenty …

Six people were killed, including three of those behind the attacks, in the explosions that hit Uganda’s capital, Kampala in the morning, BBC News reports. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said intelligence gathered so far indicates that those behind the blasts were local militants the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). He said …

At least 30 people were killed in an attack in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo last week, according to UN officials in the country. Earlier reports notified that 14 civilians had been killed in a village Luna-Samboko in Ituri province on Friday. Read also: Georges Weah worried …

At least four people were killed on Wednesday in an attack on National Road 4, which links North Kivu to Ituri, two provinces under siege in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The attack attributed to suspected ADF rebels targeted a convoy secured by the army and MONUSCO. In this incident, …

The parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has voted to extend the state of emergency in Ituri and North Kivu, the two eastern provinces that have been rocked by insecurity. Out of 335 MPs, 334 voted in favour while one abstained. The state of emergency imposed by President Félix …

US special forces will soon be deployed to the east of the country to help fight Islamist militants, has said Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He said they would stay for several weeks, supporting the Congolese army in its campaign against the Allied Defence Forces (ADF). …