Twenty people killed by Islamic State affiliate ADF in Northeastern DRC
On Monday June 22nd, the army said that, “at least 20 civilians were killed in attacks on two villages in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend.” The latest in a surge of ethnic violence that has forced more than 200,000 people from their homes, ICC reports.
Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who claim a loose affiliation with the Islamic State militant group, attacked the village of Vukaka in Ituri province on Sunday.
Late last year the army launched a large-scale operation to uproot a host of militias operating in the east of the country, sparking a violent backlash. The insecurity has complicated Congo’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and an Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 2,200 people since 2018.
In many cases Christian communities are also targets of this radical Islamic militant group.
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