ADF Attacks Kill Over 30 in Eastern DRC as 3 Ebola Patients Flee Beni Centers
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 4
ADF Attacks Kill Over 30 in Eastern DRC as 3 Ebola Patients Flee Beni Centers
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 4
Summary
More than 30 people were killed in ADF attacks around Beni over several days, including at least 10 in raids on Matété, Mamuli and Kitoho early Wednesday after more than 20 died in the city on Saturday night.
Three confirmed Ebola patients fled treatment centers in Beni after the weekend assault, and residents escaping into the bush have disrupted containment in an outbreak that has reached 344 cases and 60 deaths.
Beni's insecurity is deepening fears that health workers cannot operate safely and that mistrust of response teams could resurface, echoing the 2018-2020 epidemic that killed nearly 2,300 people.
Researchers say the Islamic State-linked militia targets civilians to deter Congolese-Ugandan military operations; civil society groups estimate the ADF has killed about 10,000 civilians since 2014.