The redoubled violence against civilians has left five dead in the Ituri province, of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fueling concern over the conduct of voter registration operations which are due to begin today.
Operations of “enrollment” of voters, with a view to the presidential election in December, began at the end of December in the western part of the country.
In Ituri, community militias such as Codeco are rampant in particular, accused by the UN of having killed more than twenty civilians on Sunday, the latest killing of villagers and displaced persons.
The south of Ituri, as well as the north of the neighboring province of North Kivu, is also the victim of repeated attacks attributed to the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces), an armed group of Ugandan origin presented by the jihadist group Islamic State like its branch in Central Africa.
Since the end of last year, dozens of deaths have been counted almost every week in Ituri.
