{"id":184332,"date":"2022-07-20T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=184332"},"modified":"2022-07-20T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T04:15:15","slug":"a-soldier-three-rebels-killed-in-east-dr-congo-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=184332","title":{"rendered":"A soldier, three rebels killed in east DR Congo clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/humanglemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-99-780x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BENI (DR Congo), July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;\u00a0<strong>A soldier and three rebels were killed in fighting on Tuesday near the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s eastern border city of Beni, a military spokesman said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rebels were said to be members of the feared Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which the Daesh group claims as its Central African offshoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20-minute clash occurred near a bridge spanning the Semuliki River east of the city, Captain Antony Mualushayi, army spokesman in Beni, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troops are carrying out mopping-up operations &#8220;to ensure the safety of users of the Beni-Kasindi highway and allow the passage of goods&#8221; with neighbouring Uganda to resume, the officer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ADF is among the most violent of the more than 120 militias that roam the DRC&#8217;s troubled east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group has been blamed for thousands of deaths, particularly in the Beni area of North Kivu province, and for bomb attacks last year in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Kivu and neighbouring Ituri province last year were placed under military control to help a crackdown against the ADF, and the DRC and Uganda have launched a joint offensive against the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But its attacks against civilians continue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city of Beni was hit on July 12 and 16, with the deaths of six people, and assaults on the Beni-Kasindi highway are now frequent. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENI (DR Congo), July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;\u00a0A soldier and three rebels were killed in fighting on Tuesday near the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s eastern border city of Beni, a military spokesman said. The rebels were said to be members of the feared Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which the Daesh group claims as its Central African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":184337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184338,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184332\/revisions\/184338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/184337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}