The Refugee Camp EconomyAugust 13, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow When conflict and persecution happen, whole populations flee their homes, cross national borders, and end up in refugee camps. By 2030, more than 300 million people...
Islamic Rebels Kill More than 30 Christians in Eastern DRCAugust 13, 2024 — 8/12/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The remains of more than 30 people were found on July 24 following yet another brutal attack on a Christian community by Islamic extremist...
ADF Militants Kill 11 Christians, Kidnap Others in DRC’s Ituri ProvinceMay 15, 2024 — 5/14/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — At about 8 p.m. on Monday, May 13, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out a brutal attack in Ndimo village, Ituri province,...
Bombs Kill 18 at Displacement Camps in the DRC May 14, 2024 — 5/13/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Earlier this month, rebel groups attacked two camps for internally displaced people in the northeast province of Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
U.N. Peacekeepers Complete Withdrawal from DRC’s South Kivu ProvinceMay 2, 2024 — 5/1/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Officials announced this week that the U.N.’s peacekeeping force had completed its withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern South Kivu...
ADF Rebels Attack Christian Community in DRC AgainApril 25, 2024 — 4/24/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the Christian village of Mangina in Beni, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the evening of...
12 Dead, Scores Injured After ADF Strikes Beni AgainApril 19, 2024 — 4/19/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The Islamist militant group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) conducted another horrific attack late Saturday night into early Sunday morning in Beni, Democratic Republic of...
ADF Militants Attack Village Midday, Kill at Least Seven PeopleApril 3, 2024 — 4/3/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) – At least seven people were killed on Tuesday, April 2, as members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out a midday attack on...
200 ADF Rebels Killed in the DRCDecember 15, 2023 — 12/15/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told the press that a defense effort in September resulted in the death of approximately 200 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)...
DRC’s President Visits Violence-Stricken EastDecember 11, 2023 — 12/11/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) — As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) anticipates its upcoming presidential elections in the end of December, current president Felix Tshisekedi visited the...
Christian Woman Killed, Man Abducted by ADF JihadistsDecember 11, 2023 — “After killing her, they turned to me; they were well armed with guns and other items like axes and knives. In my heart, I was praying to Jesus to save...
ADF Kills 14 in DRCNovember 27, 2023 — 11/27/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamic State affiliate located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), attacked a farming community in the...
ADF Kills 26 in DRCOctober 25, 2023 — 10/25/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) – The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamic extremist group affiliated with the Islamic State, killed 26 people in the northeastern portion of the Democratic...
ADF Kills Three in Uganda After Foiled Church Bombing AttemptOctober 18, 2023 — 10/18/2023 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed two foreign nationals and a Ugandan in Kasese District, western Uganda on Tuesday, October 17, according to reports. The...
Terrorists Gift Bombs to Pastors, Ugandan Police InterveneOctober 18, 2023 — 10/18/2023 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – Ugandan police prevented the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist group from bombing two churches on Sunday. The Islamic State-linked militants planned an attack on two...
ISIS-Affiliated ADF Gains Power in Central Africa August 18, 2023 — 08/18/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which operates primarily out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a violent extremist group that is...
