Armed Men Kill Civilian at Home in Kashira

Masisi, North Kivu, August 14, 2026 - In the night of 13-14 August, around 20:00, armed men shot Jackson Niragire, a father of three, at his home in Kahira/Kashira, Bashali Mokoto grouping. Neighbours tried to evacuate him toward a health facility at Kirumbu, but he died on the way. The motive and identity of the attackers were not established, deepening civilian fear in a territory already marked by contested control.

That killing followed a fragile southern Masisi lull after nearly a week of heavy fighting between AFC/M23 and wazalendo that began on 24 July. Exchanges of light and heavy weapons concentrated in Kibabi I, Kibabi II and Ufamandu I; civilians fled Kasoko, Mushebere and surrounding localities, with many seeking refuge in Ngungu. By about 30 July a precarious calm was reported in several affected villages, but residents remained uncertain and feared renewed hostilities - the same climate of unresolved insecurity into which the 14 August home killing landed.