IS-linked fighters kill 19 in DR Congo attack | International

GOMA, DR Congo, Oct 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Rebel fighters linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 19 people in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities told AFP on Monday. The eastern DRC, a region bordering Rwanda with abundant natural resources, has suffered extreme violence for more than three decades, often at the hands of armed insurgent groups. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an organisation founded by former Ugandan rebels who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, raided the village of Mukondo, in Lubero territory, and "slaughtered 19 people" on Sunday, the local military administrator Alain Kiwewa told AFP. "Houses and shops were set on fire" and there was "a massive displacement of...