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2019-12-31 Africa Subsaharan
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Rebels 'hack civilians to death' in eastern DRC attack
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[Al Jazeera] At least 23 people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
 ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo , which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
(DRC) in what officials described as an attack by rebel fighters.
ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) is an Islamist group that started out in Uganda. They don't appear to be affiliated with al-Qaeda or Islamic State. They just like killing infidels.
Police and local officials said on Monday that the overnight raid on Apetina-Sana in the restive eastern region of Beni was carried out by ADF rebels, who operate in both DRC and neighbouring Uganda.
Beni administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP news agency that the ADF hacked civilians to death in the settlement, which lies 16 kilometres (10 miles) west of Oicha, the chief administrative town in Beni.
The rebels also reportedly torched the victims' homes.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa, reporting from Nairobi, Kenya, said the corpse count was expected to rise as the attack had lasted hours and many people were yet to be accounted for.
"They say when the rebels entered the village, they went from house to house burning everything in their path. Anyone they came across, including women and kiddies, they killed."
Mutasa said some people were now making the hours-long walk to Beni city to stay in churches or with family members.
"You get a sense that people are terrified," she said, adding that many in the area have long felt abandoned by the government.
"They feel that all the resources go to the capital ... The roads are in a bad state, there's no infrastructure, they feel let down. So a lot of people say that when these attacks happen - and they do happen often - they feel alone."
While the ADF originated in Uganda, its rebels have been attacking and killing people in eastern DRC for more than 20 years.
Apetina-Sana is a point on the so-called Triangle of Death, along with Mbau and Eringeti - the worst-hit area by attacks.
ADF fighters have killed more than 200 people since the DRC army launched an offensive against the gang on October 30, according to civil society groups.
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