Fresh violence in DR Congo’s restive northeastern Ituri province has killed at least 20 more people, the army and a local source said Monday. Congolese soldiers clashed with raiding militia fighters from the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) on Saturday night in the village of Kparangaza, army spokesman lieutenant Jules Ngongo said. Nine militia fighters and three soldiers died in the violence, he told AFP, and the militia was eventually chased out of the village. In the nearby village of Venru, CODECO militiamen shot and hacked to death eight others, a tribal chief said. On Friday, 24 people were killed during attacks near Djugu, which lies in an eastern part of Ituri near Lake Albert.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2020 19:07 UTC