Alima attacked by ADF

 

 The village of Alima, located in the Mandima health zone, was attacked on the evening of Tuesday, May 19, 2026, by suspected ADF fighters.

The provisional death toll stands at 9, including Pygmies, as well as wounded, missing civilians, and houses burned down.

This new attack attributed to ADF fighters has plunged the village of Alima, located about 7 kilometers north of Biakato Centre, in the Babila Babombi chiefdom of Mambasa territory, into mourning. The provisional death toll stands at 17 civilians, including five Pygmies, while a hotel, several kiosks, and three motorcycles were burned down by the attackers. According to local sources, the rebels had already been reported in the vicinity of Alima since the morning of Tuesday, May 19, 2026, when two people were executed before the attack on the village, despite the security services being alerted. The situation remains worrying as several residents are still missing and the area remains difficult to access, complicating the accurate assessment of human and material losses. The  Mambasa monitoring team is calling on residents of the surrounding villages, including Kundu, Pakwida, Kasoko, Mitume, Lelesi, Luhindi, Kanyotha, Mabangungu, Dondola, Mahu, Vukutse, Wamba, Kalongo, Mabuho, Amani, and Musiko, to exercise extreme vigilance in light of the reported advance of the attackers toward the western part of the region.

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