More than 20 killed in militia attack in northeast DR Congo - UN

 Source: AfricaNews

More than 20 killed in militia attack in northeast DR Congo - UN

Codeco (Cooperative for the Development of Congo) is a militia of several thousand men who claim to protect the Lendu tribe from the Hema tribe and the national army in Ituri.

"More than 20 civilians were killed Sunday in new attacks by militiamen in Ituri, a gold-rich province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to preliminary information gathered Monday by the UN and civil society.

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in New York that the Codeco militia had, according to these preliminary reports, "killed at least 20 civilians and burned" several houses.

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