Congo-Kinshasa: Shadowy Rebel Group Suspected in Village Slaughter

10 December 2014

More than 250 villagers have been massacred in eastern DR Congo over the last three months. Civil society is calling for international aid in the fight against the culprits - rebels of nebulous identity.

There have been multiple reports of civilians being slain in the district of Beni in the strife-ridden province of Nord Kivu in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the most recent incidents, 50 people were killed when unknown assailants armed with machetes attacked several villages to the northeast of the city of Beni.

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