socio-economic activities in Badengaido, capital of the BOMBO chiefdom, have timidly resumed.

The local population, having fled the atrocities of the ADF terrorists, began to gradually return to their various villages, BOMBO Civil Society coordinator Moise KIKOLERI told RFE1NEWS.ORG ( THE NEWS THERMOMETER ).

A large number of soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( FARDC ) have been reinforced in the area.

<< the FARDC and their Allies the Wazalendo lead mixed patrols in Bombo and we hope with this coalition of forces we guarantee security in our region. We still continue to hear the crackling of bullets in the Bombo depths and also towards Muchacha and its surroundings >>, he added.

It should be noted that within a week the population of Badengaido will have all returned because a small lull can already be observed on the ground and the army is doing its job correctly.

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