By AFPMore by this AuthorGOMA, DR CongoAt least 34 civilians were killed on Sunday in a flare up of ethnic violence in restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, following a week of soaring tensions. “The provisional toll is 34 civilians killed,” said local official Joy Bokele, referring to an attack by a Nande ethnicity militia on the Hutu village of Luhanga. Bokele added that the attack was carried out by a Nande militia group and that one of the attackers was killed in the clashes. Dozens of people have died since the start of the year in fighting between the Nande and the Hutus. It is thought that the attack on the Hutu village was carried out by the Mai-Mai Mazembe, a Nande “self-defence” militia.

Source: Daily Nation November 27, 2016 15:32 UTC