Schools, businesses and public offices including various activities in Butembo City all closed after Mai-Mai militia fighters raided positions of government forces in fierce gun battle. A Ugandan rebel group the Allied Democratic Front linked to an international jihadist group carried out violent attacks in Kituma, a town located in Buliki, Ruwenzori sector, Beni territory (North Kivu). “The Regional and African Force being deployed in eastern DRC has a mandate to impose peace on recalcitrant armed groups,” he said.