2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks

Part of the Kivu conflict, Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, and Ituri conflict

Beni

Samboko

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2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Places with most/deadliest attacks

Location| Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date| 1 January – 31 December

Attack type

| Massacres and Ambushes
Deaths| 1,316 (+69)
Injured| 132 (+15)
Perpetrators| Allied Democratic Forces, CODECO, Mai-Mai militias, FARDC (parts), FRPI, Mai-Mai Kata Katanga, FDLR, ISCAP, Ngumino-Twigwaneho, Ethnic groups

The 2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks were a series of attacks which took place in 2020. The attacks were mostly carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a radical Islamist rebel group and the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO), an agricultural and religious group made up of ethnic Lendu people. The attacks left at least 1,316 people dead and 132 injured.

## Attacks[edit]

Date  | Location  | Dead  | Injured  | Details

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1 January  | Mugunga neighbourhood, Goma  | 1  | unknown  | A man was killed after an attack by unknown armed men in Mugunga neighbourhood.[1]
6 January  | Kabumba and Mutwangano, Rutshuru Territory  | 15 (+1)  | 7  | The Nyatura Domi attacked the FARDC and the NDC-R in the villages of Kabumba and Mutwangano. The FARDC and NDC-R resisted and repelled the attack. 6 NDC-R fighters were killed, 9 civilians were killed, one Nyatura Domi was killed, and 7 NDC-R were wounded.[2]
22 January  | Beni Territory, North Kivu | 6  | unknown  | 6 civilians were killed in an ADF attack in the Beni territory.[3]
22 January  | Mayi-Moy, Beni Territory  | 11  | 1  | 11 civilians were killed and one was wounded in an ADF raid.[4]
22 January  | Mabasele neighbourhood, Oicha, Beni Territory  | 2  | unknown  | The ADF murdered a man and a 5-year-old child in Mabasele neighbourhood. The ADF also set fire to three houses.[5]
28 January  | Manzingi, Beni Territory  | 38  | unknown  | 38 civilians were killed in an ADF raid on the village of Manzingi.[6][7]
30 January  | Mantumbi, Beni Territory  | 13  | unknown  | 13 civilians were killed in an ADF raid on the village of Mantumbi.[8]
3 February  | Kitso, Masisi territory  | 14  | unknown  | The Nyatura Jean-Marie attacked the NDC-R in the village of Kitso. The deaths were only among 14 civilians.[9]
7 February  | Beni territory, North Kivu  | 8  | unknown  | 8 civilians were killed in an ADF attack in the Beni territory.[10]
9 February  | Makeke, North Kivu  | 7  | unknown  | 60 ADF fighters attacked the village of Makeke, North Kivu, and kill seven people.[11]
17 February  | Beni territory  | 10  | unknown  | An ADF attack in Beni kills at least eight civilians, an intelligence agent, and a Congolese soldier.[12]
17 February  | Halungupa, Beni territory  | 11  | unknown  | 1 FARDC soldier and 10 civilians were killed in an ADF raid on Halungupa. They also looted and set fire to many places.[13]
18 February  | Southeast of Beni | 12  | unknown  | ADF militants kill 12 people and burn down several houses southeast of Beni.[14]
19 February  | Virunga National Park | 5  | unknown  | Five civilians were hostage by the ADF are found murdered near Virunga National Park.[15]
1 March  | northeastern Ituri province | 24  | 12  | CODECO militia fighters are accused of killing 24 civilians and injured 12 others in an attack on a village in northeastern Ituri province.[16]
7 March  | Mayangose, Beni Territory  | 21  | unknown  | 21 FARDC soldiers were killed in an ambush by the ADF. 3 PKM weapons, 7 RPG weapons and 11 AK47 weapons were stolen. MONUSCO peacekeepers brought the wounded soldiers back by helicopter. 8 FARDC soldiers are still missing.[17]
30 March  | North Kivu  | 3  | unknown  | An ADF skirmish left two people and one Congolese soldier dead.[18]
7 April  | Halungupa, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 6  | unknown  | 6 civilians were killed in an ADF at the village of Halungupa.[19]
14 April  | Beni territory, North Kivu  | 3 (+5)  | unknown  | Two soldiers and a civilian were killed when ADF attacked the army in Beni.[20]
15 April  | Koli, Ituri  | 22  | unknown  | 22 civilians were killed in a CODECO attack on the village of Koli.[20]
24 April  | Virunga National Park  | 18  | unknown  | 18 people were killed including 12 park rangers when 60 FDLR militiamen ambushed their convoy.[21]
25 April  | Kavumu, Rutshuru territory  | 2  | unknown  | Soldiers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) killed a woman and her child in a field in the village Kavumu.[22]
26 April  | Birega, Rutshuru territory  | 1  | unknown  | RDF soldiers forced 4 men to carry goods for them. One of the men were killed by the RDF soldiers.[23]
2 May  | Marabho, Ituri  | 12 (+8)  | 2 (+6)  | Kyini ya kilima attacked an army base and killed 12 people including 4 government soldiers.[24]
16–17 May  | Djugu territory, Ituri  | 20  | 17  | 20 civilians were killed and 17 other wounded after an attack by the CODECO.[25]
24 May  | Beni territory  | 9  | unknown  | ADF fighters attacked civilians in Beni killing nine. The militants burned down houses, before retreating after a gunfight with the army. The army suffered several injuries during the gunfight.[26]
25 May  | Makutano  | 17  | unknown  | The ADF killed 17 people in Makutano.[27]
25 May  | Loselose, Beni territory  | 9  | unknown  | The ADF attacked the FARDC in the village of Loselose killing 2 soldiers and 7 civilians. 6 houses were also burned down.[28]
26 May  | Samboko, Ituri Province  | 40  | unknown  | The ADF attacked Samboko village in Ituri Province. The attackers killed 40 people using machetes and looted the village of food and valuables.[27]
27 May  | Otokaka-Makembi, Beni Territory  | 23 (+7)  | unknown  | The ADF attacked the FARDC in the village of Otokaka-Makembi. In total 23 FARDC soldiers and 7 ADF militants were killed.[29]
3 June  | Moussa, Ituri  | 16  | unknown  | At least 16 people, including women and children, were killed by CODECO militiamen in Moussa village.[30]
16 June  | Eringeti-Kainama road, North Kivu  | 6  | unknown  | The ADF killed 6 civilians and burned 60 homes alone the Eringeti-Kainama road.[31]
19 June  | North Kivu  | 9  | unknown  | 9 people were kidnapped and then killed by the ADF in the North Kivu province.[32]
20 June  | Bukaka, North Kivu  | 10  | unknown  | 10 people were killed when the ADF Attacked the village of Bukaka.[32]
20 June  | Biangolo, North Kivu  | 10  | unknown  | Another 10 Civilians were killed when the ADF attacked the village of Biangolo.[33]
21 June  | Vukaka, Ituri  | 10  | unknown  | 10 people were killed when the ADF attacked the village of Vukaka.[33]
22 June  | Beni, North Kivu province  | 1  | 1  | An Indonesian peacekeeper was killed and another one injured when ISCAP ambushed their convoy.[34]
5 July  | Bakua Tamba, Kasai | 7  | 17  | Seven people were killed over a land dispute between the Kuba and Luba communities over where they could cultivate land.[35]
5 July  | Matete, Djugu territory, Ituri  | 11  | none  | CODECO attacked two convoys coming from Bunia in the village of Matete and killed 11.[36]
8 July  | Djugu territory, Ituri  | 20  | unknown  | CODECO militia attacked the territory of djugu, north of Bunia, and killed 20 people.[37]
8 July  | Bounzenzele, Djugu territory  | 39+  | 3+  | 400 to 500 CODECO militiamen raided the village of Bounzenzele killing 37 civilians and 2 FARDC soldiers.[38]
9 July  | Sindani-Akesi, Ituri  | 25  | 10  | Members of the CODECO attacked the locality of Sindani-Akesi and targeted civilians.[39]
16 July  | Mwenga Territory, South Kivu | 220  | unknown  | Kipupu massacre \- More than 220 people were killed in Mwenga Territory, South Kivu.[40]
20 July  | Mayolo, Ituri  | 5  | unknown  | CODECO militia attacked the village of Mayolo, killing five people.[41]
21 July  | Andasia, Ituri  | 7  | unknown  | CODECO militia attacked the village of Andasia, killing seven people.[41]
28 July  | Mutido, North Kivu  | 6 (+1)  | unknown  | 6 civilians and one ADF fighter were killed in an ADF attack on FARDC troops in Mutido village.[42]
30 July  | Sange, Uvira territory | 12  | unknown  | A drunken soldier in Sange opened fire on passers-by, killing at least 12 people including a two-year-old girl.[43]
31 July  | Bukima, Rutshuru territory  | 2  | 1  | Ex-M23 fighters attacked FARDC troops in the village of Bukima killing 2 soldiers and wounding another. The attackers also stole some weapons.[44]
9 August  | Ituri province  | 19  | unknown  | 19 people were killed when CODECO attacked 3 villages in Ituri Province.[45]
14 August  | Mbau, Beni territory  | 4  | unknown  | 4 farmers were killed in an ADF at the village of Mbau.[46]
15 August  | Mwenda, North Kivu  | 8  | unknown  | 8 people were killed in an ADF attack on the village of Mwenda.[46]
15 August  | Kpolowu, Ituri Province  | 0 (+2)  | 2  | ADF militants clashed with the army at the village of Kpolowu.[46]
22 August  | Kinziki-Matiba and Wikeno villages, North Kivu  | 13  | unknown  | Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the army and a village chief report. It is the latest of such attacks that the United Nations says may be war crimes. The ADF have killed more than 1,000 people since 2019, according to UN figures.[47]
24 August  | Mapasana and Mabuo villages, Beni territory  | 20  | unknown  | Twenty bodies were discovered in the villages of Mapasana and Mabuo. They are thought to be killed by the ADF.[48]
25 August  | Mbau, Beni territory  | 4  | unknown  | Four bodies were found in the village of Mbau after an attack by the ADF.[48]
26 August  | Beni territory  | 20  | unknown  | 20 people were killed in an ADF attack on 3 villages.[49]
28 August  | Tinameme, Beni territory  | 11 (+2)  | unknown  | 8 FARDC soldiers and 3 civilians were killed when a FARDC convoy was ambushed by the ADF. 2 ADF militants were also killed.[50]
31 August  | Bilalombili and Ngez, Mwenga territory, South Kivu  | 7  | 9  | A battle broke out when the Ngumino, Twiganeho, and Makanika attacked the FARDC in the villages of Bilalombili and Ngezi. The FARDC was able to protect finalist students who were doing their state exams in Mikenge, but the attacks were still able to kill 7 civilians, rape a girl, wound 8 civilians, and wound a soldier. Livestock were also stolen by the attackers and 250 houses were set ablaze.[51]
8 September  | Tshabi Area, Ituri Province  | 23  | unknown  | ADF militants, fleeing military pressure in Beni, stormed the village of Tshabi, killing 23 people.[52]
10 September  | Tshabi Area, Ituri Province  | 35  | unknown  | ADF militants once again attacked Tshabi, killing 35 people. It was the second attack in the town in two days. The terrorists assaulted civilians with knives and firearms and destroyed the village.[52]
16 September  | Lubero, North Kivu  | 1  | 1  | A worker with the British charity World Vision was killed in an ambush on a humanitarian convoy in Lubero by Mai-Mai militias. The attack also left another injured.[53]
20 September  | Mbau, Beni territory, North-Kivu  | 10  | unknown  | ADF rebels killed 10 civilians in the town of Mbau.[54]
20 September  | Kitoho, Beni Territory  | 14  | 2  | 13 civilians and one FARDC soldier were killed after a raid by the ADF. Another FARDC soldier and civilian were wounded.[55]
24 September  | Mutuanga, Beni territory, North-Kivu  | 5  | unknown  | ADF rebels killed 5 civilians in the town of Mutuanga.[56]
25 September  | Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province | 3 (+16)  | unknown  | 200 Mai Mai militiamen attack Lubumbashi and beheaded two policemen and a soldier before getting repelled with 16 casualties.[57] Mai-Mai Kata Katanga has also been blamed for the attack.[58]
30 September  | Ituri province  | 5 (+6)  | 4 (+6)  | Three soldiers and 2 civilians were killed when Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) attacked their positions.[59]
3 October  | Fizi territory, South Kivu  | 3  | 2  | Three people were killed when a soldier of the Congolese army opened fire on a group of people.[60]
5 October  | Beni territory, North Kivu  | 6  | Unknown  | At least 6 people were killed when the ADF attack their village in North Kivu.[61]
5 October  | Mamove locality, Beni Territory  | 10  | unknown  | 10 civilians were killed after an attack by the ADF and Mai-Mai Kyandenga against the FARDC in Mamove.[62]
16 October  | Mayanza and Batibi, Ituri province  | 10  | 1  | 10 Civilians were killed and one injured in an attack with machetes in the villages of Mayanza and Batibi by an unknown armed group.[63]
16 October  | Bakadinda, Irumu Territory, Ituri  | 14  | unknown  | 14 people were killed due to a conflict between two people groups in Bakadinda.[64]
19 – 21 October  | Tombwe sector, Mwenga territory and Lulenge sector, Fizi territory  | 20 (+20)  | unknown  | Clashes between the Ngumino-Twigwaneho coalition and Mai-Mai militias lead to the death of 16 Ngumino-Twigwaneho militias, and 4 Mai-Mai militias. The administrator of the Fizi territory reported the death toll to be as high as 40 deaths, including civilians.[65]
20 October  | Beni, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 2  | 0  | 1,335 prisoners were freed when militants attacked Kangbayi central prison and a military camp that provided security to it. So far at least 20 parishioners have been recaptured. 2 inmates were killed in the attack. The ADF has been blamed for the attack, but the ISCAP claimed responsibility for the attack.[66][67]
20 October  | Lyakobo neighborhood, Beni city  | 4  | unknown  | Unidentified armed men who escaped from the Kangbayi central prison killed three men and a woman.[68]
20 October  | Mbilali, Beni territory  | 3  | unknown  | Unidentified armed men who escaped from Kangbayi central prison abducted and later killed three men.[69]
20 October  | Luoyi, North Kivu  | 3  | 1 (+3)  | Three policemen died, and one was wounded while letting artisanal miners escape from a mining site when an unidentified armed group attacked it. Three of the armed men were wounded.[70]
23 October  | Kibuana, Beni territory  | 11  | unknown  | 11 bodies were found in Kibuana after an ADF attack.[71]
28 October  | Baeti village, Oicha, North Kivu  | 19  | 0  | Suspected ADF militants kill at least 18 people and burn down a church, along with 40 homes in an attack on the village of Baeti near Oicha in North Kivu.[72]
29 October  | Kukwe, Matungu, Titi, and Buakacha, Walikale territory.  | 48  | unknown  | The NDC-R killed at least 48 people in the villages of Kukwe, Matungu, Titi, and Buakacha.[73]
30 October  | village of Lisasa, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 21  | unknown  | An ADF attack killed 21 people in the village of Lisasa. People were also kidnaped, a health center was looted, homes were set on fire, and a Catholic church was vandalized.[72]
3 November  | Ezekere, Ituri  | 5  | 5  | CODECO attacked a FARDC military post in the village of Ezekere and killed 5 soldiers and seriously injured 5 others.[74]
3 November  | Lumanza, Beni territory  | 4  | unknown  | The ADF killed 4 men in their fields in the village of Lumanza.[75]
7 November  | town of Kisima, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 7  | unknown  | An ADF attack killed 7 people in the village of Kisima.[76]
7 November  | Lio, Djugu territory, Ituri  | 4  | 7  | The CODECO attacked the village of Lio and killed 4 people and wounded 7 others. The CODECO then fought with a self-defence group known as Zaire for a couple of hours until the army intervened.[77]
8 November  | Oicha, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 6  | unknown  | An ADF attack killed 6 people in Oicha city.[76]
8 November  | Koga, Ituri  | 3  | unknown  | FARDC soldiers clashed with the CODECO in Koga and killed 3 civilians. Those soldiers also allegedly burn down the villages of Tsumbr, Gokpa and Satchu, Penyi Groupement, Ituri after the clash.[78]
9 November  | Mbujimayi, Beni territory  | 4  | unknown  | The ADF raided the village of Mbujimayi and killed 4 civilians.[79]
17 November  | Gety, Walendu Bind chiefdom, Ituri  | 1  | 2  | FRPI militiamen murdered a man and shot two of his family members.[80]
17 November  | Virunga National Park  | 29  | unknown  | 29 bodies were found in Virunga National Park after being killed by ADF terrorists.[81]
17 November  | Kokola, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 6  | 1  | 6 People were killed after ADF militants attacked the village of Kokola.[81][82]
17 November  | Baeti-Bunyuka, Batangi-Mbau Groupement  | 7  | unknown  | ADF killed 7 people in an attack on the village of Baeti-Bunyuka.[83]
19–20 November  | Kabare territory, South kivu  | 2  | unknown  | Unidentified gunmen killed a 17-year-old girl and a chiefdom tax collector in Karbare Territory.[84]
21 November  | Abuluma 1, Wazabho Groupement, Djugu territory  | 3  | unknown  | 3 people were shot dead when the CODECO attacked the village of Abuluma 1 and looted several houses.[85]
12 December  | Beni, North Kivu province  | 6  | 24  | six were killed and 24 kidnaped in an ADF attack.[86]
22 December  | Bulongo, Kambalango district  | 5  | 1  | four civilians and one soldier were killed in an ADF attack on the town of Bulongo, two others were injured. Six shops were also damaged by the group.[87]
28 December  | Losoloso, Beni territory, North Kivu  | 17  | Unknown  | The ADF attacked army camps in the village of Losoloso, killing 17 soldiers.[88]
30 December  | bijombo, south kivu  | 6  | Unknown  | Six civilian were killed by Ngumino and Twiganeho militias in a refugee camp in bijombo, south kivu.[89]
31 December  | Beni territory, North Kivu  | 26  | unknown  | 26 civilians were killed when the ADF killed farmers in their fields.[90][91]

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Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Colonization
* Congo Free State
* Atrocities
* Belgian Congo

Pre-1960|

* Congo Arab war
* Batetela rebellion
* Battle of Rejaf
* East African campaign (World War I)
* Belgian Congo in World War II
* Masisi-Lubutu revolt
* Léopoldville riots

Congo Crisis
(1960–1965)|

* Force Publique mutinies
* Secession crisis
* Katanga
* South Kasai
* Invasion
* Congo-Stanleyville
* Dissolution of the Lumumba Government
* Torture and killing of Lumumba
* Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
* UN intervention
* Rum Punch
* Niemba ambush
* Battle of Kabalo
* Jadotville
* UNOKAT
* Camp Massart
* Grandslam
* Kindu atrocity
* Port Francqui incident
* Kanyarwanda War
* Kwilu rebellion
* Simba rebellion
* Dragon Rouge

1966–1995|

* Stanleyville mutinies
* Shaba Invasions
* Shaba I
* Shaba II
* Battle of Kolwezi
* 1991 Zaire unrest

First Congo War
(1996–1997)|

* Formation of the AFDL
* Massacres of Hutus
* AFD insurgency (1996–99)
* Kichwamba massacre
* Operation Thunderbolt
* Overthrow of Mobutu
* Ascension of Laurent Kabila

Second Congo War
(1998–2003)|

* Operation Kitona
* Ituri conflict
* Bogoro massacre
* Six-Day War
* Assassination of Kabila
* Kisangani massacre
* Effacer le tableau
* ICC investigation

Post-2003 conflicts|

| Ituri conflict
(Post-2003)|

* Operation Artemis
* Operation North Night Final
* Plaine Savo massacre

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Kivu conflict
(2004–present)|

* 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign
* 2009 Eastern Congo offensive
* 2014 North Kivu offensive
* 2017 CNPSC offensive
* Uvira clashes
* Kipupu massacre

| AFD insurgency
(Post-2007)|

* Beni massacre
* 2017 Semuliki attack
* Nationwide attacks
* 2020
* 2021–24
* Operation Shujaa

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M23 conflict|

* M23 rebellion
* M23 offensive (2022–24)

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Others|

* Dongo conflict
* 2011 coup attempt
* Batwa–Luba clashes
* 2013 Kinshasa attacks
* 2014 Mutarule attack
* Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
* 2018 Yumbi massacre
* Western DR Congo clashes

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Perennial conflicts|

* Katanga insurgency (1963–present)
* Lord's Resistance Army insurgency (1987–present)

Overview /
related topics|

* Child soldiers
* Mining industry
* Conflict resources
* Sexual violence
* during the Congo Wars
* Belgian colonialism
* Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda relations
* tensions since 2022
* MONUSCO
* Rwandan genocide

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