Democratic Republic of Congo
-
Aug- 2020 -5 AugustAfrica
DR Congo Armed Groups Killed 1,300 in First Half of 2020: UN
Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed over 1,300 people in the first half of 2020.
Read More » -
Jul- 2020 -31 JulyAfrica
Drunk Soldier in Eastern DR Congo Shoots Dead at Least 12 Civilians: Sources
A drunken soldier in DR Congo's troubled east opened fire on passers-by killing at least 12 people, including a two-year-old girl, sources said Friday.
Read More » -
30 JulyAfrica
Eight Killed in Militia Attacks in Eastern DR Congo
Seven civilians and a soldier have been killed in two assaults by the notorious ADF militia in the Beni region of eastern DR Congo, local sources said on Thursday.
Read More » -
21 JulyAfrica
Twelve Killed in DR Congo Militia Attacks
Twelve people were killed in 48 hours in the troubled Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said on Tuesday.
Read More » -
9 JulyAfrica
20 Civilians Killed in DR Congo’s Volatile North: Local Official
CODECO fighters are accused of yet another massacre in DR Congo's troubled Ituri region in the country's northeast. At least 20 civilians were killed in the pre-dawn attack.
Read More » -
6 JulyAfrica
DR Congo Troops Kill Angolan Soldier in Border Incident
An Angolan soldier was killed on Sunday by DR Congo troops after a tense incident and an exchange of gunfire along their border.
Read More » -
6 JulyAfrica
Gunmen Ambush Convoy, Kill 11 in DR Congo
DR Congo's northeastern Ituri region grew tenser over the weekend when gunmen ambushed two vehicles and killed 11 people including military and local officials.
Read More » -
Jun- 2020 -19 JuneAfrica
UN Accuses Multiple Countries of Quietly Sending Arms to DR Congo
DR Congo's military is receiving weapons and training from multiple countries without notifying the UN as required by a 2004 resolution.
Read More » -
16 JuneAfrica
Six Killed as Militia Torches Homes in East DR Congo: Local Official
Six civilians were killed and dozens of homes were torched in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo blamed on the notorious ADF militia, a local official said Monday.
Read More » -
3 JuneAfrica
Sixteen Dead in New Eastern DR Congo Massacre
Sixteen civilians, five of them children, were killed overnight in a fresh massacre in the eastern DR Congo province of Ituri, a local official and a UN source said on Wednesday. “The toll, which is still provisional, is of 16 people killed by knives or gunfire. The people killed are four men, seven women, and five children all aged under five,” the administrator of Djugu territory, Adel Alingi, told AFP. The toll was separately confirmed by a source in the United Nations’ peacekeeping force, MONUSCO. The attack unfolded at a village in the area of Mambisa, north of the Ituri capital Bunia, the sources said. The authorities attributed it to a notorious ethnic militia called CODECO, for the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo. The organization is mainly drawn from the Lendu ethnic group, who are predominantly farmers and clash repeatedly with the Hema community of traders and herders. Nearly 300 civilians have been killed since the start of the year in attacks blamed on CODECO, while the UN says around 200,000 people have fled their homes. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, in a visit to Ituri in late January, said “crimes against humanity” had been perpetrated. Tens of thousands …
Read More »