A recent report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) focuses on the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP)’s claim that it carried out an attack on a lucrative Chinese-operated mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo and murdered and kidnapped more Christians. The report is part of the MEMRI project monitoring the ongoing attacks on Christians in Africa.
The following report details ISCAP’s latest attack claims:
On March 13, 2026, the Islamic State (ISIS) official A’maq News Agency reported that on March 12, ISCAP fighters attacked a Congolese army camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, and the Chinese-managed mine that it was tasked with defending. The fighters also attacked Christians in the neighboring village, killing 17 and taking some 100 “Christian combatants” hostage.
A’maq: Seven Soldiers, 17 Christian Civilians Killed, Army Camp and Chinese Mine Torched
According to A’maq’s “military sources,” ISCAP fighters attacked a Congolese army camp in the village of “Mushasha.” The resident force was tasked with defending an adjacent “Chinese mine.” Seven soldiers were reportedly killed in the attack and the rest of the force fled. The fighters proceeded to burn the camp and seize the soldiers’ weapons.
Subsequently, the fighters raided the mine, setting fire to “most of the machinery and equipment there, along with the housing of the Chinese workers.”
From the mine, the fighters proceeded to attack the village itself, killing 17 Christians, taking dozens hostage, and burning more than 60 of their homes.
In Photos, ISCAP Documents Assault, Claims It Took 100 Christians Captive
On March 13, ISCAP released its own claim of the attack in two separate statements. In its claim regarding the attack on Mushasha, ISCAP reported that 17 “Christian combatants” were killed in the village, and approximately 100 others were taken captive.
On March 14, ISCAP released a photoset documenting the attack on the military camp and the mine, showing the bodies of slain soldiers, seized weapons, and burning buildings and machinery.
