Cleanup at Congo church begins after blast kills 14
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The atmosphere at the Pentecostal church in the city of Kasindi in eastern Congo was upbeat on Sunday as hundreds gathered for a series of baptisms. The congregation swelled beyond capacity, forcing organisers to move the service outside. Then, about 10 minutes in, a blast rocked the courtyard where […]
Updated: Islamic State claims Congo church attack
Updated: 4:45pm (AEST)Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bomb attack during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern Congolese town of Kasindi that killed at least five people and wounded 15 wounded, the group said on its account on Telegram. Earlier, an army spokesman said the […]
Suspected Islamists kill 21 civilians in eastern Congo
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 21 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local human rights group and a witness said on Monday. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR alongside the Government of Uganda and humanitarian partners, is assisting some 10,000 […]
Hundreds of Ugandan troops cross into Congo as offensive widens
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Hundreds of Ugandan soldiers in armoured vehicles crossed the border into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, two witnesses said, as a joint offensive against an Islamic State-linked armed group appeared to expand. Late on Tuesday Congo said special forces from both countries would be deployed to secure […]
Three suicide bombers kill three, wound dozens in Ugandan capital
Kampala, UgandaReuters Islamic State claimed an attack in the heart of Uganda’s capital on Tuesday after three suicide bombers killed three people and sent members of parliament running for cover, in the latest in a wave of bombings. The blasts in Kampala, which forced the evacuation of parliament, shocked a nation known as a bulwark […]
Second blast hits Congo’s Beni city after Catholic Church attack
Beni, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters A suspected bomber was blown up when his improvised explosive device went off in a busy intersection of the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Beni on Sunday, authorities said, the second blast in Beni on the same day. No-one was killed in the two incidents apart from the […]
At least 55 killed in eastern Congo massacres, UN says
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters At least 55 people were killed in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations said on Monday, in potentially the worst night of violence the area has seen in at least four years. The army and a local civil rights group blamed the Allied Democratic Forces, […]
In central Africa, Islamist militias complicate church efforts to battle Ebola
Nairobi, KenyaRNS In North Kivu, an eastern province of Congo, church leaders are stepping up their fight to halt the advance of the 40-month-old Ebola epidemic, even as the Islamic State group increasingly makes its presence felt in the troubled region. Since August, when Ebola broke out in earnest in the eastern part of the […]