Over 60 people killed in east DR Congo province in 1 week

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 16, 2023 12:00 am

Bunia, DR Congo: More than 60 people have been killed during a bloody week in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province, local sources said, as militia attacks plague the turbulent region.

Over 120 armed groups roam mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, many of them a legacy of regional wars that flared at the turn of the century.

In this file photo taken on June 9, 2004 Several thousands Congolese residents of Bukavu gather in front of a MONUC (UN operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo) roadblock to demonstrate against the UN and cheer the return of the regular army that ran over the town early this morning. AFP PHOTO

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