LAGOS – At least 134 people have been killed by armed groups in the West African country of Nigeria in the past week. The governor of the affected state of Benue, Samuel Ortom, said on Saturday that pastoralists of the Fulani ethnic group were responsible for the attacks. Similar attacks have taken place in the region in the past.
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April 8, 2023
twenty people killed in a new attack attributed to the ADF
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
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New massacre in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, around twenty civilians were killed on Friday followingnoon, in an attack attributed to the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces), affiliated with the Islamic State group. More than sixty deaths were attributed to the ADF for the month of March alone in the province of North Kivu.
Twenty people were killed Friday followingnoon, April 8, in a new attack attributed to the ADF group, affiliated with the Islamic State group, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local sources.
“The enemy ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) ambushed farmers on Friday around 4 p.m. (2 p.m. in universal time, editor’s note) near the village of Enebula,” Patrick Mukohe, deputy president of the local civil society.
He says he himself counted 21 bodies of men and women at the site of the massacre, located regarding thirty kilometers west of the town of Oicha.
“I have just received 19 bodies, all killed by machete,” said Jules Kambale, embalmer at the Oicha hospital morgue, contacted by AFP.
The military administrator of the territory of Beni, Colonel Charles Ehuta Omeanga, confirms this attack which he attributes “to ADF terrorists” but reserves the toll on the victims “while waiting for (his) elements to return from the field.”
In a video shared on social networks – and authenticated by Patrick Mukohe – a crowd surrounds the body of a man tied to a wooden frame, his throat cut. Men film his corpse, placed on a tarpaulin at the foot of a dump truck where other bodies are piled up, wrapped in body bags.
When the corpses arrived at the Oicha morgue, young people tried to block the nearby national road in protest. They were quickly dispersed by the police “who came to crackle bullets to clear the road”, specifies the vice-president of civil society. “The situation here is catastrophic,” he concludes.
More than 60 dead in a month
This attack is the latest episode in a wave of violence once morest civilians, which the army and local authorities attribute to the Allied Democratic Forces.
On Thursday, the UN indicated that at least thirty people had been killed on April 2 and 3 in the province of Ituri, and more than sixty deaths were attributed to the ADF for the month of March alone in the province. of North Kivu.
The ADF are originally mainly Muslim Ugandan rebels who have been rooting since the mid-1990s in eastern DRC, where they are accused of having massacred thousands of civilians.
They pledged allegiance in 2019 to the Islamic State group, which presents them as its branch in central Africa.
The United States announced in early March that it was offering a reward of up to five million dollars for any information that might lead to its leader, a Ugandan in his 40s named Musa Baluku.
With AFP
Urgent rehabilitation of streets surrounding the Family Medicine Unit No. 14 of the IMSS in Silao
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Silao, Guanajuato.- Users of the Family Medicine Unit No. 14 of the IMSSevidenced the risk that the conditions of the roads near the facilities represent mainly for children and older adults.
And it is that for some years they have realized that from manhole covers to damage to the concrete they make the streets and sidewalks not very passable.
The UMF of the Mexican Social Security Institute is on Avenida May 5th in corner with censuses. It is in the latter, the folder presents severe damage. Which even represent a risk for motorists.
Between Independencia and Censos avenues there is a median that is an obligatory step for those who come from the southeast area of the city to receive medical attention.
And it is that the medical center does not have a parking area so that the beneficiaries can get as close as possible to the offices, which forces them to do it on foot.
To avoid major incidents, complaining tattoos as well as residents of the area urgently called the authorities municipalities to carry out road maintenance actions.
MJSP
Meridian Writing
The Venezuelan under-17 soccer team is measured this Saturday once morest Peru in the group stage of the South American Under-17 Championship, where the Creole team seeks to add victory and prepare for the next phase of the tournament
Also read: South American Sub-17: What is Vinotinto looking for in its last game following qualifying for the final hexagonal?
Both teams will jump onto the field of the Christian Benitez stadium in Ecuador at 8:00 pm, where the local fans will support the young soccer talents to win said commitment.
It should be noted that you can watch the game through the channel of sports specialists Meridiano TV and enjoy this great clash, where there are no favorites, because everything is demonstrated and defined on the field.
Read Also: South American Sub 17: La Vinotinto obtains the classification to the final hexagonal
In this sense, following last Thursday’s game, Venezuela got their ticket to the final hexagonal, where they will try to qualify for the U-17 World Cup, although they still have tonight’s commitment once morest Peru, where they will have to maintain their winning attitude.
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We jumped onto the field for our closing of the first phase once morest Peru for the #CONMEBOLSub17
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