About 50 ADF hostages freed in Ituri’s Malembi forest after army clashes
Nearly 50 people held by ADF rebels for two to three months have been freed in Malembi forest, Mambasa territory, Radio Okapi reported. Twenty-nine of them were handed back to their families at a ceremony in Mambasa on Monday.
Nearly 50 people held by ADF rebels for several weeks have been freed in Malembi forest, in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo, Radio Okapi reported. The forest lies about 130 kilometres from Mambasa-centre, in Mambasa territory. Civil society sources, citing the chief of the Malembi grouping, said the release followed recent clashes between the Congolese army (FARDC) and ADF fighters. Some of the freed hostages went to army positions and were then taken to Mambasa. Others returned straight to their villages or camps. The…
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