January 2020 Oicha massacres

Massacre in the DR Congo by the Islamic State

January 2020 Oicha massacres

Part of Kivu conflict and Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
Location| Mamove, Mantumbi, Manzingi, and other towns west of Oicha, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date| January 28–30, 2020
Deaths| 73+
Perpetrator|  Islamic State - Central Africa Province (formerly Allied Democratic Forces)

* v
* t
* e

Kivu conflict

* Lemera
* Kasika
* Makobola
* Makombo
* 2008 Nord-Kivu
* 2009 Eastern Congo
* M23 rebellion
* 2014 North Kivu
* 2017 CNPSC offensive
* Uvira
* Oicha
* Virunga
* Kipupu
* Kangbayi
* Lisasa
* Tingwe
* 2021–2024 attacks
* Mwenda
* Bulongo
* Maimoya
* Kasanzi
* Kagogo ambush
* M23 offensive
* Anti-MONUSCO protests
* Kishishe
* 1st Kitshanga
* 2nd Kitshanga
* Masambo
* Otomabere
* 2022 North Kivu
* Kasindi
* Makugwe
* Mukondi
* Kirindera

Between January 28 and 30, 2020, the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP) killed at least seventy-three people in a series of massacres in Oicha Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attacks spanned across several towns, especially Mantumbi, Manzingi, and Mamove.

## Prelude

[edit]

The Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan jihadist group based in the DRC's North Kivu region, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2017 following a shortage of funds. The group renamed to the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP), and began killings of civilians across North Kivu.[1] The Ugandan and Congolese militaries launched an operation in 2019 to expel ISCAP from the areas, with some success.[2] On December 29, 2019, ISCAP killed eighteen people in the town of Apetina-Sana in North Kivu.[3]

## Massacre

[edit]

The first attacks began in Manzingi and Eringeti on January 28, when ISCAP fighters killed fifteen people and injured six others.[2][4]

Further attacks began in Mayimoya on January 29, along the road. People fled the town as the ISCAP fighters pushed into it.[5] They then rampaged through Mamove around 3pm on January 30, killing six civilians, and burning houses and motorcycles.[6] The towns of Aveli, Mantumbi, and Mulolya were attacked as well.[7] In Mantumbi, fourteen people were killed by the jihadists, and a taxi driver was killed in Aveli.[6][8] Three people were killed in Mulolya.[6]

Ten more bodies were found in Mantumbi on January 31, bringing the town's death toll to twenty-three.[9] Most of the victims were hacked to death by machete, the modus operandi of ISCAP.[9]

## Aftermath

[edit]

The death toll of the attacks, which spanned forty-eight hours, was seventy-three.[9] The Beni Civil Society sounded the alarm of a high number of ISCAP operatives in Mamove and Mantumbi following the attacks.[10]

Seven people were killed in a second attack by Mai-Mai militiamen in Mamove on January 31.[11]

## Videography

[edit]

* RDC: de nouveaux massacres attribués aux ADF dans l'est du pays - Le Journal Afrique TV5MONDE via Twitter

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Rumble In The Jungle: ISCAP's Rising Threat". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
2. ^ a b "Dozens killed by suspected rebels in eastern DRC's Beni region". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
3. ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 201912300005". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
4. ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 202001290005". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
5. ^ "RDC-Beni : Mayimoya de nouveau sous les tirs". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
6. ^ a b c "RDC : Nouvelles attaques rebelles à Beni, 21 morts (Sté civile)". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
7. ^ "DRC: New rebel attacks in Beni, 21 dead (Sté Civil)". Actualite. January 30, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
8. ^ "Beni : 14 morts, nouveau bilan de l'attaque à Mantumbi". Actualite.cd (in French). 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
9. ^ a b c "RDC : le bilan du massacre de Matumbi revu à la hausse, 23 morts". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
10. ^ "RDC-Beni: 32 villages attaqués en moins de deux mois". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
11. ^ "RDC-Beni :7 morts et plusieurs blessés, dans une nouvelle attaque". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template