North Kivu: Child killed and six civilians wounded in shelling blamed on FRN in Walikale

A five-year-old child was killed and six civilians were seriously wounded on Wednesday, October 28, in Waloa Yungu, Walikale territory, North Kivu. Local customary and civil society sources blamed the explosive attacks on the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) rebels, who reportedly targeted Wazalendo positions from Kibati and Kashebere; shells struck villages and a health facility serving displaced women and children. The wounded were taken to a local medical facility, and their condition remains worrying. The attacks came amid clashes between the Congolese army (FARDC), backed by Wazalendo, and the FRN, as the army seeks to retake areas of Walikale.