Some 25 civilians killed in the eastern DR Congo were buried Wednesday, an AFP journalist witnessed, following twin raids linked to the Islamic State group that left at least 89 dead earlier this week.

Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which pledged allegiance to IS in 2019, have killed more than 150 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu and Ituri provinces since late July, according to an AFP tally.

In the latest overnight assaults on Monday, the ADF killed at least 71 people and left others wounded in the village of Ntoyo, in North Kivu. At the same time, the group attacked Fotodu, a settlement around 125 kilometres (75 miles) away in the same province, local and security sources told AFP on Wednesday, giving a toll of 18.

The mostly Muslim militia

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