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At least 60 people were killed in a militia attack early on Wednesday at a displaced persons’ camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Reuters reports, citing two sources. According to the head of a local humanitarian group and a camp resident, the CODECO militia was responsible for the …

Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local human rights groups said on Wednesday. Fighters believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militia active in eastern Congo since …

The Chinese embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged its citizens to leave three provinces in the east of the country in a brief delay. The warning comes after several cases of armed robbery and kidnappings of Chinese nationals in the region’s mines in recent days. The three …

At least 30 people were killed in an attack in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo last week, according to UN officials in the country. Earlier reports notified that 14 civilians had been killed in a village Luna-Samboko in Ituri province on Friday. Read also: Georges Weah worried …

The military governor of Ituri province in eastern Congo, Mr Johnny Luboya Nkashama, has condemned the killing of 16 people taken hostage by suspected Islamists. Mr Luboya said the army was sending reinforcements to boost security. He told a public meeting the objective was to allow people to return to …

Nearly 200 people have been killed since January in “an alarming increase in attacks” by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says. According to the UN refugee agency, 40,000 had been forced to flee their homes during the same …

30 people have been killed in fighting between government troops and the Codeco militia in the eastern province of Ituri , the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says. The military said 11 civilians, two soldiers and a policeman were killed. Sixteen militiamen died in an army counter-offensive. Codeco, …