Thirty-three killed in recent days in DR Congo due to clashes between militia and government forces, officials tell media
A senior regional official in the eastern Ituri province said"attackers armed with guns and knives killed 21 civilians in Mahagi," which was the deadliest attack in three days.
Forty-three people have died in three days of clashes between armed groups and soldiers in DR Congo's perennially unstable east, government and army officials told AFP on Monday. In the neighbouring Djugu area, fighting has raged since Sunday in Lisey, pitting the army against militias, Colonel James Ngongo, the army spokesman in Ituri said.
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