Dozens killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo village attacks | Conflict News

by Press Room


‘We’re tired of it,’ say residents facing ongoing violence in the Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.

Dozens of civilians have been killed as suspected armed groups raided villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local advocates and news reports.

The attacks took place on Friday in the province of Ituri, an area along the country’s northeast border with Uganda that has regularly experienced systematic attacks on communities since 2017.

Charite Banza, the head of local civil society, told the Reuters news agency that Friday’s attack killed about…



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