Beni

The curfew was decided on Sunday, June 27, initially for two days after three bombings in the city of Beni, finally maintained for the time being. In addition, activities from schools, markets and other companies that were originally banned are again allowed. Despite the measures announced by the authorities, concerns remain especially within the Islamic community of Beni, which has lost two imams who…

In Beni, in the eastern DRC, the army deployed in the city after two explosions that left two people injured and damaged property on Sunday. According to the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC), these would be terrorist attacks by ADF fighters, the armed group of Ugandan origin active in the region, under pressure since the establishment of the state headquartered in the provinces of North Kivu. and Ituri. According to the army, one of the perpetrators of these attacks is Ugandan. According to information from the army, the suicide…

A second blast was heard on Sunday night in Beni in the eastern DRC, after a first bomb exploded on Sunday morning in a Catholic church in the city of Beni. Two people were injured. This second explosion killed a civilian in addition to the bomber. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the latest attack. Both a…

President Tshisekedi continues his visit to the east. After Goma, he arrived in Beni on Tuesday. He is coming to assess the measures related to the besieged state that has been decided since May 6 in two provinces in the eastern part of the country, Ituri and northern Kivu, of which Beni is the capital, plagued by gang violence. Despite the establishment of the siege, the situation on the ground does…

Despite the entry into force of the two-week siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, another imam committed against the radicalism of Islam in the territory of Beni was assassinated on Tuesday, May 18. Djamal Moussa, who is also president of civil society in the city of Mavivi, was shot dead in his home. He is the second imam killed in May just in Beni's territory.…

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the outbreak of violence in Beni's territory is critically affecting the economic system of the area. Farmers are abandoning their fields for areas which can be thought of safer. Consequence for instance: rising market costs in the town of Beni. Consumers and sellers hope for elevated safety.…

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, college students have spent the night time within the courtyard of Beni Metropolis Corridor for six days demanding a return to order and safety. Faculty kids demand extra safety within the area and particularly the departure from MONUSCO, the UN mission, which they think about to be…

After nearly two months of closure, visitors is modestly resumed between town of Beni and Kasindi, on the Ugandan border. Merchants and truck drivers had determined to not take this part anymore after the a number of circumstances of armed assaults attributed to ADF fighters. The military broadcasts that they've taken new measures to make this street, which is essential for the area's economic system,…

Demonstrations for the return of peace continue. In Beni in particular, the students decided to spend the night in front of the town hall building to demand that the head of state be present in the region. Félix Tshisekedi had promised to move army personnel from Kinshasa to northern Kivu, and he had announced that he himself would come to settle in the region. This is what these young people remember in this movement that has been radicalized since Thursday 22 April. Here the students organize themselves. Those who…

Dozens of young people, at the request of a civic movement Véranda Mutshanga's pressure group, went about 45 km in search of suspected ADF fighters, suspected of being perpetrators of several attacks on civilians and the DRC's armed forces. These young people believe that the army is not doing its job. Popular justice raises fears of abundance.…