ADF, an Islamist rebel group of Ugandan origin, successfully adapting to the deployments and movements of the Congolese army (FARDC), noted the Kivu Security Barometer (KST), a project carried out by Human Rights Watch and the Study Group. on Congo from New York University. This adaptability allows these fighters to continue to perpetrate a large number of abuses.This emanated in various posts i have written on the Numerous ADF attacks between june and this month.
The KST recorded the murder of 57 civilians by armed actors in June. This is slightly less than the previous month (64) and still worrying when we consider that the KST has recorded an average of 33 civilians killed per month in this territory since June 2017.
The violence of the ADF evolves according to the displacement of the Army. For example, they had particularly affected the surroundings of Eringeti in May, this locality and its surroundings were spared in June.
“This change is largely due to the relocation of the 32nd FARDC Brigade, one of the Congolese army units least affected by the recurring understaffing problem, from Isale to Eringeti in early June. This finding suggests that, eight months after the start of a major FARDC operation that was to eliminate them, the ADF remains capable of adapting to the movements of their adversaries and of finding new spaces insufficiently protected by the government forces in order to continue. their massacres, ”KST explains.
In its report of the meeting of the Council of Ministers last Friday, the government noted that positive progress was observed in operations directed against ADF / MTM terrorists and other negative forces, particularly in the Grand-Nord and in the provinces. of Ituri.
According to KST, between the start of these operations, at the end of October 2019, and the end of June 2020, the ADF killed at least 482 civilians in the territory of Beni alone. But their massacres had started long before. The Kivu Security Barometer (KST) has recorded the deaths of 812 civilians in attacks attributed to the ADF in Beni territory since the start of its surveys in June 2017.
The KST recorded the murder of 57 civilians by armed actors in June. This is slightly less than the previous month (64) and still worrying when we consider that the KST has recorded an average of 33 civilians killed per month in this territory since June 2017.
The violence of the ADF evolves according to the displacement of the Army. For example, they had particularly affected the surroundings of Eringeti in May, this locality and its surroundings were spared in June.
“This change is largely due to the relocation of the 32nd FARDC Brigade, one of the Congolese army units least affected by the recurring understaffing problem, from Isale to Eringeti in early June. This finding suggests that, eight months after the start of a major FARDC operation that was to eliminate them, the ADF remains capable of adapting to the movements of their adversaries and of finding new spaces insufficiently protected by the government forces in order to continue. their massacres, ”KST explains.
In its report of the meeting of the Council of Ministers last Friday, the government noted that positive progress was observed in operations directed against ADF / MTM terrorists and other negative forces, particularly in the Grand-Nord and in the provinces. of Ituri.
According to KST, between the start of these operations, at the end of October 2019, and the end of June 2020, the ADF killed at least 482 civilians in the territory of Beni alone. But their massacres had started long before. The Kivu Security Barometer (KST) has recorded the deaths of 812 civilians in attacks attributed to the ADF in Beni territory since the start of its surveys in June 2017.
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