Dozens of people have been killed by rebel fighters in recent attacks on villages in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, an area ravaged by the world's second-largest Ebola outbreak. The recent attacks have been blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan-led rebel group that
Dozens of people have been killed by rebel fighters in recent attacks on villages in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, an area ravaged by the world's second-largest Ebola outbreak.
The Congolese government provided a civilian death toll of 62 in the the minutes of Friday's cabinet meeting. However, a U.N. source told ABC News on Monday that the number of dead was up to 72 civilians and two Congolese soldiers. The discrepancy was likely due to the remote location of the attacks.
It's unclear whether the latest attacks have impacted the Ebola response teams. ABC News has reached out to Congolese health officials for comment. The Congolese armed forces launched operations targeting the ADF in Beni territory in late October. Since then, human rights groups say some 300 civilians have been killed in the area. The rebel group has been known to retaliate against civilians when under pressure from Congolese troops.MORE: Protesters furious over rebel attack torch UN base and town hall in Ebola-hit Congolese city
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