Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response
Key takeaways
- People carry the bodies of victims of an attack in Beni, in North Kivu province.
- At least 10 people were massacred in raids on three villages around the city of Beni, in North Kivu, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
- The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia affiliated to Islamic State, has been blamed for the attacks on the villages of Matété, Mamuli and Kitoho in eastern DRC.
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People carry the bodies of victims of an attack in Beni, in North Kivu province. People in the town were beheaded by the IS-linked militia. Photograph: Seros Muyisa/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen People carry the bodies of victims of an attack in Beni, in North Kivu province. People in the town were beheaded by the IS-linked militia. Photograph: Seros Muyisa/AFP/Getty Images Global development Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics
About this contentProsper Heri Ngorora in Goma Thu 4 Jun 2026 05.00 BSTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleRebel attacks around a town that is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left more than 30 people dead over the past few days, complicating the response to the disease.
At least 10 people were massacred in raids on three villages around the city of Beni, in North Kivu, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.