By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 7info
At least ten people have been killed in several attacks attributed to CODECO, the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo militia, in Djugu territory, Ituri. The violence on Sunday 25 October also triggered a new exodus towards neighbouring Mahagi territory, according to local sources cited by 7info.
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27 OctFRN captures weapons after allied forces flee in South KivuSuspected CODECO militiamen killed at least three people and burned 15 houses in the villages of Lodja and Oche, in Djugu territory, Ituri. The events took place on Monday night into Tuesday, while gunfire in Bule sparked panic at the Plaine Savo displacement site, according to local sources cited by Kivumorningpost.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Kivumorningpost ·
CODECO militiamen attacked three villages in the Sombuso groupement, Djugu territory, Ituri, on Sunday 25 October 2026, setting houses on fire and looting livestock, according to Charité Banza, head of the local civil society organisation. Several families fled towards the shores of Lake Albert or Uganda, while no deaths had been reported at the time of his account.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Kivumorningpost ·
At least five people were killed and six injured in drone strikes on three gold-mining sites in Al Liri, South Kordofan state, Sudan. Local sources attributed the attacks to the Rapid Support Forces, while the strikes targeted mining-processing facilities, Sudan Tribune reports.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: Sudantribune ·
More than 40,000 people have fled unrest in Ethiopia and crossed the border into Moyale, Kenya, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. In a statement published on 27 October, it called on national and local authorities to provide healthcare, water, sanitation and shelter for the refugees, Citizen reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Citizen ·
Uganda says its army has weakened ADF in DR CongoUgandan Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka says military operations by Uganda’s army in DR Congo have weakened the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). He made the remarks on 27 October during a meeting in Kampala with the European Union’s special representative for the Great Lakes region, according to Nile Post.
Congo pharmacists challenge Propharma authorisationCongo’s National Council of the Order of Pharmacists is challenging the authorisation granted to Propharma to sell pharmaceutical products wholesale. Its president, Jagger Mpanzo, accuses the Health Ministry of ignoring the Order’s unfavourable opinion and threatens legal action, according to a statement made in Brazzaville and reported by Vox.The week in Africa
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