Twenty-four bodies were found at four sites near Oicha in the volatile Beni region, the area’s top administrator Donat Kibwana said. The Kivu Security Tracker, a joint project of the Congo Research Group and Human Rights Watch put the toll at 19. DR Congo troops have been carrying out a military operation on the ADF, which originated in Uganda but now active in DRC’s east — long plagued by various militias. It fell back into eastern DRC in 1995 during the Congo Wars and appears to have halted raids inside Uganda. The spate of massacres has become a major challenge for President Felix Tshisekedi, who took office a year ago.

Source: The Guardian January 30, 2020 20:15 UTC