SAA event in Rhoe IDP Camp area, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the on Mon 12th October 2026

Militiamen from the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) attacked, on the night of Sunday to Monday, October 12, 2026, the Rhoo displaced persons site, located in the village of Lera/Mabuku, in the chiefdom of Bahema Nord, in the territory of Djugu, in the province of Ituri. According to Charité Banza, president of the civil society of this chiefdom, two displaced children were killed and a pregnant woman was seriously wounded by gunfire during this attack. “This morning, CODECO militiamen attacked the Rhoo displaced persons site. Here, they killed two children and seriously injured a pregnant woman. This toll remains provisional, as the search continues,” he specified. The president of the civil society group Forces Vives of Bahema Nord indicated that several displaced people have taken refuge in a MONUSCO base located in the area. Charité Banza, which condemned the attack, demanded a cessation of hostilities in that part of the country and the protection of displaced persons.