Violence has been surging across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where conflict has flared for decades.
Fighters of a militia group attacked a village in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, setting off a battle that killed 14 people, the army says, in the latest bloodshed in the country’s restive east.
Colonel Mapela Mviniama said on Monday armed men from the CODECO (Cooperative pour le Developpement du Congo) militia assaulted Gobu village on Sunday evening, killing nine civilians and one Congolese soldier.
Four attackers also died in the fighting, while two…