By XINHUA More by this AuthorChallenges and deep concerns are growing in the General Reference Hospital in Beni, northeastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts carried out by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Injured civilians, mostly women who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds, have been pouring into the General Reference Hospital. The majority of the patients, some with multiple bullet holes on their body, come from surrounding villages and towns in the Beni region, worst affected across the central African country by ADF rebels' atrocity. "I went to pick up a family member whose vehicle was ambushed a few hours before leaving for Ituri province. "Our vehicle fell into the ambush of the ADF rebels on the road to the city of Komanda, on the border with the province of Ituri.

Source: Daily Nation March 17, 2022 04:33 UTC