Another terrorist ambush by the ADF on Friday 26 September 2025. The target was a Fuso vehicle on the OÏCHA – MAMOVE road. Local sources say that most of the victims were traders on their way to the weekly market in Mamove. At least 8 people are reported dead, and several are still missing.

All the goods on board were also reduced to ashes. The same applies to 7 motorbikes, whose drivers have still not been found.

“There are still people missing because the vehicle behind was attacked. Those who were more or less in front in the cab escaped. Everyone managed in their own way. That’s why some people are still in the bush. We hope they will be able to return” KAMBALE KIBWANA Jean-de-Dieu, deputy mayor of the rural commune of Oïcha. 

This local authority did not hide its desolation at this sad situation and called on the security services to take charge of this issue. “The population really has tears in its eyes, because ever since the enemy has been roaming around in the west of the commune, not a week goes by without recording murders”, he added.

Following these massacres, the Oïcha civil society has announced a day of mourning for Saturday 27 September in the commune, which is the capital of the Beni territory.  The ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) are one of the deadliest terrorist groups in Africa.

Founded in Uganda in the 1990s to oust President Yoweri Museveni, accused of mistreating Muslims, the group is responsible for a number of violent attacks in Uganda and eastern DRC.

Written by Akilimali Chomachoma