While Christians are being slaughtered and kidnapped on a daily basis in Nigeria, Christians are also being massacred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Like in Nigeria, the perpetrators are not Mennonites. They are Islamic extremists.
Islamist terrorists killed57 Christiansover a week-long period ending June 2, 2026, in the Beni region of North Kivu,Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) slaughtered 16 Christians in the village of Mayangose on May 31. A day earlier, 10 believers from the same village were captured and executed.
In a separate attack on May 30, fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the Ugandan-origin Islamist group that operates in eastern Congo as the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province, killed at leastseven Christiansin Beni’s Ngadi neighborhood. The victims were members of the Pygmy Twa ethnic community. Their escape routes were blocked beforethey were shot.
ISCAP has claimed the killing of at least1,100 Christiansin northeastern DRC since its campaign escalated in December 2024, and more than6,500since first pledging allegiance to the Islamic State in 2017.
The pace of attacks in 2026 has been relentless. On January 2, ADF rebels killed at least 16 people in overnight raids on villages in Lubero Territory. By February 2, the deadliest day of the surge, 28 Christians were killed in attacks on three villages near Ndalya in Ituri. Just days earlier, on January 29, nine Christians were killed, and around 30 houses were burned in Lubero District.
Also in February, ADF fighters executed approximately 70 civilians in a Christian village in North Kivu. Men, women, children, and the elderly were reportedly beheaded.
On March 13, Islamic State media claimed responsibility for killing 17 Christians and abducting around 100 others during an attack on the Christian village of Mushasha in Ituri Province. Dozens of homes were burned. Mushasha is also the site of a Chinese-owned gold mine and a Congolese military base, both of which were targeted in the attack.
On April 1, Maundy Thursday of Holy Week, up to 60 Christians were massacred in the village of Bafwakoa in Mambasa Territory, Ituri, after residents rejected what ISCAP described as a “generous offer,” a demand to convert to Islam or accept dhimmi status. Some victims were burned alive in their homes, while others were beheaded with machetes. Thousands were displaced.
The Congolese army confirmed 43 deaths, while ISCAP claimed 60 in a Telegram post. The Mambasa territorial administrator told Reuters that search operations were continuing and that the death toll could rise. ISCAP’s figures remain unverified, as the group is known to exaggerate casualty counts. Independent researchers at theBridgeway Foundationrecorded at least 967 civilian killings by ISCAP in 2025 alone, using data independent of both Congolese military and Islamic State reporting.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
