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Women in a maternity ward were among 89 civilians killed during a week of Islamist rebel attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations mission in the country said Friday.
an islamic stateThe allied rebel group has killed 89 people in a series of attacks on villages in eastern Congo, UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO said Friday.
In byambawe The village is located approximately 60 kilometers (37 mi) west of Lubero In the city, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least 17 people inside a hospital on Saturday, including 11 women who were receiving care in a maternity ward.
Eastern Congo is engulfed in violence involving several armed groups and militias. These include the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, who captured large areas of North and South Kivu in January and February.
Further north, the ADF, a force of former Ugandan rebels that has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, has continued to carry out repeated massacres in both provinces.
MONUSCO said the ADF carried out “particularly lethal” attacks on several locations in the vicinity between 13 and 19 November. Lubero Region of North Kivu. According to the mission, the attacks took place bapere And Baswagha administrative area.
The statement said several other communities also came under attack, resulting in additional kidnappings, theft of medical supplies and the burning of homes and property in areas already facing a severe humanitarian crisis.
Armed groups, including the ADF and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, have carried out several deadly attacks in eastern Congo.
The ADF, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in 2019, operates along the border with Uganda and often targets civilians.
In August, ADF fighters killed at least 52 people during several attacks in a single week, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo.
The group also killed about 40 people in Ituri province in July when it attacked a Catholic church during a vigil and opened fire on worshippers, including many women and children.
The ADF was formed in the late 1990s by disparate small groups in Uganda following dissatisfaction with President Yoweri Museveni. In 2002, following Ugandan military attacks, the group moved into neighboring Congo and was blamed for the killings of thousands of civilians.
with inputs from agencies
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