ADF kill more than ten civilians in Mambasa, Ituri
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beto
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed more than ten civilians and abducted several others on 16 October at mining sites in Mambasa, Ituri. APDEF, a local human rights organisation, is calling on the military authorities to strengthen protection for residents, according to its monitoring team.
More than ten civilians were killed and several others abducted on Friday 16 October in a series of attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) at several mining sites in Mambasa territory, Ituri. The incidents were reported by the Association for the Protection and Defence of the Rights of Forest Peoples (APDEF), cited by Beto.
APDEF denounced insufficient measures to protect civilians and called on the Congolese military authorities to strengthen their security arrangements in response to attacks in this mining area, according to Beto.
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