At the least 315 individuals have been killed in assaults on Minembwe and surrounding areas in DR Congo’s South Kivu province between February and June 2026, in accordance with an impartial report launched on Friday by fact-checking organisation Conspiracy Tracker Nice Lakes.
The report, compiled from data gathered by native civil society organisations, youth teams and group networks, attributes the deaths to navy operations carried out by the Congolese authorities. It says many of the casualties resulted from drone strikes, Sukhoi fighter jets bombings and long-range artillery fireplace.
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The Congolese armed forces (FARDC), alongside Burundian forces, the Kinshasa-backed genocidal FDLR militia, overseas mercenaries, Wazalendo, and different native militias, have constantly focused civilian areas, primarily by means of aerial assaults, regardless of present peace frameworks which have but to yield tangible outcomes.
Based on the report, the assaults affected Minembwe and close by communities, together with Kakenge, Ilundu, Bidegu, Kalingi and Kalongi, the place residents documented widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure and livestock.
“Casualties happen on a near-daily foundation, resulting in extreme logistical backlogs in humanitarian restoration,” the report states, including that “a number of our bodies remained unburied because of ongoing kinetic actions” by the point the evaluation was compiled.
Though the evaluation covers solely the interval between February and June 25, it says native data point out cumulative conflict-related deaths within the wider Minembwe space have exceeded 2,000.
Well being and training amenities have additionally been focused.
The report signifies that one referral hospital and 7 well being centres have been destroyed in the course of the reporting interval, dealing a serious blow to healthcare providers within the distant highlands of South Kivu.
The affected amenities embrace Minembwe Common Hospital and well being centres in Kalingi, Kalongi, Ilundu, Bidegu and Gihanama, amongst others.
Schooling was equally disrupted. Based on the evaluation, 17 colleges have been destroyed.
The report additionally paperwork assaults on locations of worship.
It says 26 church buildings have been destroyed, bombed, looted or closely broken throughout Kakenge, Ilundu, Bidegu, Kalingi and Kalongi.
The report paperwork the deaths of a minimum of 821 cows and 36 sheep, saying the animals have been killed in drone strikes carried out primarily between late April and Could.
“The consolidated documentation particulars a extreme, synchronized affect on human lives, crucial infrastructure, and financial capital inside the Minembwe area,” the report says.
It stated this has deepened humanitarian wants whereas exposing communities to long-term socio-economic vulnerability.
