Suspected Islamist rebels kill 30 in Congo’s North Kivu province
The Allied Democratic Force, linked to Islamic State, has killed over 30 and taken at least 100 hostages during recent attacks in eastern Congo, officials said.
- Suspected Islamist rebels have killed at least 30 people in a series of attacks in North Kivu province, according to a Congolese military official.
- The Allied Democratic Force , aligned with Islamic State, has increased its attacks following a previous incident where nearly 40 people were killed.
- Several houses were burned, and victims were mostly killed with knives, according to Samuel Kaheni, a civil society leader.
- Residents have been urged by Lubero's military administrator to remain vigilant against further violence.
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When he was 13, Marko Kalirhe, a 46-year-old coffee grower living in North Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC), lost his parents and had to take care of his family of seven people. Growing coffee, a trade he had learned from his parents, was his way of overcoming the difficulties and allowed him, for decades, to send his brothers and then his own children to school. But now, after fleeing his estate for fighting in the eastern DRC, whic…
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