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Militants kill 22 in eastern Congo despite claims of security progress

A woman reacts after five other women were killed in Paida, near Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Suspected Islamist militiamen killed at least 22 people overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Sunday, as the rebels kept up attacks on civilians despite government claims to have them on the defensive.

Similar attacks have killed at least 179 civilians, researchers say, since the Congolese army launched an offensive on Oct. 30 against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist group active in eastern Congo.

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