40 killed in attack on DRC camp
MORE than 45 civilians were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province early on Monday, the United Nations peacekeeping mission said. The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) group, one of many militias operating in the conflict-ridden east, was responsible for the killings at the "LALA" camp, the mission, known as MONUSCO, said in a statement. CODECO claims to defend the interests of Lendu farmers, who have long been in conflict with Hema herders. Its fighters have killed hundreds of civilians in Ituri province and…