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Civilian, Soldier Killed In Latest DR Congo Bloodshed
A civilian and a soldier were killed by a notorious armed Islamist group on Friday in the latest bloody fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict-plagued east, a military source said.The vast central African country's government has placed the North Kivu and Ituri provinces under a state of siege since May 6 in a move aimed at stepping up the fight against armed groups.The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which the US says is linked to the Islamic State group, is the deadliest of the militias in the region.The army spokesman for the North Kivu city of Beni, Antony Mualushayi, said that the army had "neutralised" four ADF fighters on Friday morning."One brave soldier fell on the field," he told the press. "Two civilians were hit by enemy bullets, one of them died at the scene".The fighting took place 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of Beni.Further north in neighbouring Itui, ADF fighters set fire to a total of 10 vehicles on Wednesday and Thursday on a key national road, local civil society leader Dieudonne Malangay told AFP.The authorities have restricted traffic to 8 am-4 pm on the vital trade route, which links North Kivu, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces, out of fear of attacks on unescorted vehicles.Ituri army spokesman Jules Ngongo told AFP that five vehicles had been ambushed and torched by ADF fighters.In a statement on its propaganda website, Islamic State said that "six vehicles of Christian miscreants were torched in an attack on a commercial road in Ituri."The fate of the passengers of the vehicles is not yet known.A historically Ugandan Islamist group, the ADF has been active in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for 30 years.The DRC's Catholic Church says the ADF has killed around 6,000 civilians since 2013, while a respected US-based monitor, the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), blames it for more than 1,200 deaths in the Beni area alone since 2017.
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Manchester Uniteds Rashford To Have Shoulder Surgery
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is to undergo shoulder surgery, the Premier League giants announced Friday, and could now miss the opening months of the new season.The 23-year-old has long had shoulder trouble, nursing the injury for much of last season and during his involvement in Euro 2020, where Rashford was one of several England players who missed a penalty in a shootout loss to Italy in the final.But he could now be out of action until October at the earliest, with a United statement saying: “Following consultation between Marcus, the manager, club medical staff and specialists, Marcus will undergo surgery imminently to resolve his shoulder injury.“He will now focus on his rehabilitation in order to return as soon as possible.â€United begin their Premier League season at home to Leeds on August 14, and it could be that Rashford also misses up to five World Cup qualifiers with England.Rashford, speaking about his fitness during the Euros last month, accepted he had not been in peak form during the second half of a 2020/21 season where United finished as runners-up to Premier League champions and local rivals Manchester City.“Obviously I am not performing at my best and what I know I can perform to,†Rashford said at the time.“Whatever that is down to, it doesn’t really matter because it has been going on since early on in the season. I managed to get through the season with United.“I think I had 36 goal involvements, so I can’t look back at the year and say ‘mmm, I should have taken time off to do this and do that’. That’s just not the way I look at things. I just want to be available for every game.â€
