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Monus spokesman says Monusco condemns the attacks by ADF “with the strongest possible terms.”

ISIS -backed rebels (ISIS) killed at least 52 civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this month, according to the mission of peacekeeping at the United Nations (Monusco) in the country, accusing both the DRC army and the M23 rebel supposed by Rwandan.

Monusco said on Monday that the attacks of the allied democratic forces (ADF) targeted the Bani Lurabro regions in the eastern province of East Kevo between August 9 and 16, warning that the number of dead may rise.

Renewable violence is a separate conflict between the DRC army and the M23 group that is still ripening in the east of the country, despite a series of peace treaties signed in recent months. The government and M23 agreed to sign a permanent peace agreement by August 18, but no agreement was announced on Monday.

Monusco said the latest violence “was accompanied by kidnapping, looting, burning homes, vehicles and motorcycles, as well as destroying the property of the population who are already facing an unstable humanitarian situation.” The mission spokesman said he condemned the attacks “with the strongest possible conditions.”

ADF is among many militias wandering in land and resources in the East, which is rich in minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ADF was avenged civilians after being exposed to the Congolese forces.

“When they arrived, they woke up for the first time to the population, gathered them in one place, and folded them with ropes, and then started their massacre with machines and shocks,” said Mac Civiconola, head of the Lubro Babri sector.

After a relative calm in recent months, the authorities said that the group has killed nearly 40 people in the city of Commanda, Itori County, last month, when it stormed a Catholic Church during the protest and shot the worshipers, including many women and children.

The ADF group, an armed group formed by the former Ugandan rebels in the nineties after indignation with Ugandan President Yurei Museini, has killed thousands of civilians and increased looting and killing in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 2002, after the military attacks by the Ugandan forces, the group transferred its activities to the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2019, she pledged to Liezel.

Of the 52 victims so far this month, at least nine were killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday in an attack on the town of Ochha, in northern Kivu, the news agency from Agence France -Presse learned from security sources and local sources.

A few days ago, ADF has already killed at least 40 people in several cities in the Babri sector, also in the North KIVU province, according to local and security sources.

In response to renewable attacks, Monosco said it has strengthened its military presence in many sectors and allowed several hundred civilians to shelter in its base.

At the end of 2021, Kampala and Kinshasa launched a joint military operation against ADF, which was called “Shujaa”, so far without succeeding in putting an end to their attacks.