Fourteen civilians, including children, were killed in an attack on a displaced persons’ camp in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, according to a monitoring organization and a local civil group. According to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor of violence in the conflict-torn region, the attack took place on Monday … Read more
Raiders attacked a gold mine in Ituri, in the strife-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 35 people, according to local sources. The CODECO militia, according to Jean-Pierre Bikilisende of the rural Mungwalu village in Djugu, Ituri, carried out the attack on the artisanal mine. Bikilisende stated that the militia stormed … Read more
The Democratic Republic of Congo imposed a “nation of siege” a yr ago to try to restore order in two violence-wracked provinces, but the civilian death toll has nearly doubled and lawmakers are voicing growing anger. Between April 2020 and May 2021, 1,374 humans have been killed, stated analyst Reagan Miviri from the respected Kivu … Read more
