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Apr
08
2024
By The African Mirror
25 civilians killed in militia attack in eastern Congo

25 civilians killed in militia attack in eastern Congo

NEWS
THE death toll from an attack in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province rose to 25, a local chief and civil society leader said after a government spokesman and a U.N. document confirmed the attack. The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) group, one of many militias operating in the conflict-ridden east, carried out the killings in the village of Galayi, 70 km (45 miles) northwest of the city of Bunia, they said. Fifteen bodies were discovered on Sunday, in addition to 10 bodies recovered on Saturday, Banzala Danny, a local chief, and Vital…
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Jun
13
2023
By ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE
40 killed in attack on DRC camp

40 killed in attack on DRC camp

NEWS
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…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Mass graves found in the DRC

Mass graves found in the DRC

NEWS
MASS graves containing 49 bodies have been discovered in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, attributing the killings to an ethnic militia group. Forty-two bodies, including 12 women and six children, were found buried in the village of Nyamamba, in Ituri province. The bodies of seven men were found in the village of Mbogi, about 30 km (19 miles) east of the provincial capital Bunia, the U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, said on Twitter. "MONUSCO strongly condemns these barbaric and cowardly killings attributed to CODECO," it said, adding that peacekeepers had launched a patrol in the area…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo army says it killed 33 militiamen in days of intense fighting

Congo army says it killed 33 militiamen in days of intense fighting

NEWS
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's army says it killed 33 militiamen and lost two soldiers as it seized two rebel strongholds in four days of intense fighting in the north-eastern Ituri province. United Nations peacekeepers also helped the army repel an attack by a wing of the armed militia group known as CODECO, which attempted to storm the province's capital Bunia on Saturday, a U.N. spokesman said. Drawn largely from the Lendu ethnic group, CODECO is accused by the U.N. of widespread and systematic killings, beheadings, rape and other barbaric acts that have contributed to prolonged instability in…
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