{"id":37875,"date":"2024-12-05T01:48:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=37875"},"modified":"2024-12-05T01:48:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:48:22","slug":"nine-people-killed-in-congo-by-extremists-linked-to-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/nine-people-killed-in-congo-by-extremists-linked-to-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine People Killed in Congo by Extremists Linked to ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-a:r3578639575652957294-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Congolese authorities announced on Wednesday that extremist rebels affiliated with ISIS had killed at least nine people, including an eight-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They also abducted others, according to a report by the German News Agency.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The rebels, members of the Allied Democratic Forces, attacked civilians in the village of Tienambo in North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, said Colonel Mak Hazoukai, a spokesperson for the Congolese army. He urged residents to be cautious and avoid isolated areas.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jean de Campali Kibuana, Deputy Mayor of the town of Usha, told local media that the attackers also set fire to homes in the village and abducted three people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Eastern Congo has witnessed armed violence for decades, with over 120 armed groups fighting for power, land, and valuable mineral resources, while others try to defend their communities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In recent years, the Allied Democratic Forces&#8217; attacks have become more brutal, extending towards Goma, the main city in eastern Congo, as well as the nearby Ituri province.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Human rights organizations and the United Nations have accused the Allied Democratic Forces of killing hundreds of people and abducting many more, including a significant number of children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In August, local media reported that the Allied Democratic Forces had killed at least 12 people in several villages in North Kivu.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congolese authorities announced on Wednesday that extremist rebels affiliated with ISIS had killed at least nine people, including an eight-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They also abducted others, according to a report by the German News Agency. The rebels, members of the Allied Democratic Forces, attacked civilians &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37876,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37875\/revisions\/37876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}