Nairobi — Fighting in Ituri District of northeastern Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC) has been misdescribed as a local ethnic rivalry when in fact it
represents an ongoing struggle for power at the national and international
levels, international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released
on Tuesday.
The 57-page report, "'Covered in Blood': Ethnically Targeted Violence in
Northern DR Congo", provides evidence that combatants in Ituri had
slaughtered at least 5,000 civilians in the past year because of their
ethnic affiliation.
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