Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], May 11: An attack by armed rebels has killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to security officials. For more than 30 years, the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground for various armed groups, vying for control of its many mines.
Two ethnic groups - the Hema and the Lendu - have been locked in a long-running violent conflict in Ituri, a gold-rich province that borders Uganda and South Sudan. Armed men affiliated with the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) coalition of militia groups, which claims to protect the Lendu, carried out attacks in several villages on April 28, local and security sources said. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune
