(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says no fewer than 20,000 people have been displaced following a series of attacks by the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR).
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, disclosed this while briefing correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York, on Friday.
According to Haq, since late June, the ADF are alleged to have killed at least 14 people and injured many others in and around the city of Beni.
“Following the attacks, people have sought safety in the eastern part of the city. Economic and educational activities continue to be disrupted.
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