Allied Democratic Forces

Many dead in suspected ADF militia attack in east DRC

Witnesses and a conflict monitor confirm there are at least 12 dead in the attack, blaming it on the Allied Democratic Forces, which has the reputation of being the bloodiest of the 122 militias which plague the eastern DRC.

Dozen dead in suspected ADF machete attack on two villages in DRC’s Beni

Armed men launched their assault on towns of Oicha and Kisima in North Kivu Province with killings in Congo’s mineral-rich east said to have more than doubled in last year.

Several farmers killed in eastern DRC massacre

Officials say militants from Allied Democratic Forces attacked a village in Beni region of North Kivu province, killing at least 12 farmers.

Death toll of attack blamed on ADF militia rises in DRC

At least six people died from machete wounds and the bodies of six others who were kidnapped were later found, an army spokesperson said.

ADF militia kills scores in eastern DRC

The attack happened overnight in the remote village of Baeti, the administrator of Beni territory in North Kivu province said.

Dozens killed in rebel attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

A government-led military operation against various rebel groups in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused hundreds of thousands to flee the region, amid a mounting death toll on both sides.

DRC conflicts leave some 1,300 civilians dead, half a million displaced

Death toll in the east of the vast country soared in recent weeks, the UN says, as conflicts in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces spread, "with disastrous repercussions for the civilian population."

More than two dozen killed in DRC militia attacks

Officials say assailants of the armed group CODECO killed 22 civilians in the village of Koli and in the second attack, two soldiers, a civilian and five members of the ADF militia were killed in Beni.

Militants kill at least 10 people in eastern DRC attack

Officials of restive Beni region in Democratic Republic of Congo blame ADF fighters for massacre in Alungupa village in "surprise" attack.

Dozens killed in east DRC attacks - govt

At least 62 civilians killed in a series of attacks by ADF militants this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say, while an NGO says seven people were killed by Mai-Mai militia in volatile Beni region.

Militia attack kills 20 in eastern DRC

Allied Democratic Forces, a militia originally from neighbouring Uganda, has killed more than 200 people since the army launched an offensive against the militia on October 30, according to a toll compiled by civil society groups.

Rebel attacks kill at least 43 in eastern DRC

The Congolese rights group said that rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces had killed at least 43 people since Friday in and around Beni, the epicentre of the ongoing Ebola epidemic.