ADF Kills Three in Uganda After Foiled Church Bombing Attempt

October 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 Intervene

October 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...

A Glimpse of Hope for A Congolese Christian War Survivor

August 7, 2023 — 08/07/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) – An estranged wife and children, persistent pain, and despair have been the story for a 35-year-old man injured on January 17, 2023, during an...

At Least 45 Students Killed by ADF in Uganda

June 20, 2023 — 06/19/2023 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamic State-affiliated terrorist group, killed at least 45 students in an attack in Mpondwe, Kasese District, Uganda, on Friday. The...

Eight Killed in Sunday Night Attack in the Congo

June 12, 2023 — 6/12/2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo (International Christian Concern) – The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist group conducted a Sunday night attack in Kasindi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...

DRC Jihadists Kill 12 People including Women and Children

June 9, 2023 — 6/9/2023 Congo (International Christian Concern) – Twelve people including women and children were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday, another attack perpetrated by the Allied...

Ten Days of Terror and Death in Congo as Eighty Christians are Killed by the ADF

April 28, 2023 — 04/28/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - The Church in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to bear the brunt of terrorism from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), one...

Over 70 Christians Killed in DRC in Two Weeks

March 20, 2023 — 03/20/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - In just two weeks, 72 Christians have been killed in Nord Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the Islamist rebel group,...

Over 36 People Murdered in Brutal ADF Attack

March 13, 2023 — 03/13/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - In the early hours of the morning on Thursday, March 9, militants belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a village in the...

Twenty-Two Civilians Killed in DRC Attack

February 14, 2023 — 2/14/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - Twenty-two civilians were killed in two separate attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday and Monday of this week. The attacks...

Church Bombing Kills 17 in the Congo

January 17, 2023 — 1/17/2023 Democratic Republic of Congo (International Christian Concern)—Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels detonated a homemade IED, killing at least 17 and injuring dozens more at a church in Kasindi,...

Murder in the Congo

January 12, 2023 — 01/12/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On March 20, 2022, Kahindo, 25, and her two-year-old daughter, Nuela, were captured from their village by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamic...

Joint Military Task Force Rescues 100 Hostages From the ADF

January 6, 2023 — 1/06/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - Recently, a joint military operation between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo successfully rescued over one hundred civilians who were being held hostage...

Christian Woman Who Survived an ADF Attack Dies at Age 87

December 1, 2022 — 12/01/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - “Dorothy Mbasa, a heroine, has fallen.” Such were the words proclaimed by the Christian community in her village, located in the northeastern Democratic Republic...

Pope Francis Decries Violent Attacks in the DRC

October 27, 2022 — 10/27/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - Earlier this week, ICC reported on a raid by the Congolese Islamic rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The attack left seven people dead,...