IS-Linked ADF Raid Kills 33 in North Kivu Village

Overview

• Local leaders and civil-society groups said the overnight Nov. 5–6 raid on Cantine‑Aloyath recovered 33 bodies and destroyed more than 50 houses.
• Authorities and witnesses blamed the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist group that pledged allegiance to Islamic State, for using gunfire, machetes and arson in the attack.
• The attackers set fire to a health post and forced patients to flee, including at least one confirmed Ebola case and five suspected cases reported by hospital staff.
• Officials and civil society described the incident as a major security failure and said heavy rain slowed military response and early investigations.
• The strike deepens humanitarian strain in North Kivu, which is a focal point of the large Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak and already faces displacement and damaged health infrastructure.