Four civilians killed in ADF attack in Mabalako, North Kivu
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
Four people were killed and seven houses burned in an attack attributed to ADF rebels during the night of 11 to 12 November 2026, in the Kamahume district of Mabalako, Beni territory, North Kivu. According to the local civil society organisation of Baswagha-Madiwe, army intervention limited the damage, and the incursion came days after an ADF attack that killed 43 people in Cantine, in the same territory.
Four civilians were killed in an attack attributed to ADF rebels in the Kamahume district of Mabalako, in the Baswagha-Madiwe groupement, Beni territory, North Kivu. The attack took place during the night of Wednesday 11 to Thursday 12 November 2026, and the provisional toll was communicated by local civil society, according to Kivu Morning Post.
The civil society organisation also reported several houses burned. Justin Paluku Kavalami, president of the Baswagha-Madiwe civil society organisation, said the intervention of loyalist armed forces had helped limit the damage, while the direction taken by the attackers remained unknown when the information was communicated.
The civil society organisation called on residents of Runzayi, Malondo, Ngazi and Kibunamaru to remain vigilant, particularly those who had spent the night in these localities. The attack came days after an incursion attributed to the same attackers in Cantine, Beni territory, which left 43 people dead, according to Kivu Morning Post.
This new attack came after an ADF attack that killed several civilians in Lubero on 3 November, and after the deaths of at least 35 civilians attributed to the ADF in Beni territory on 6 November.
