Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Abduct Six Muslim Clerics in DRC

Unidentified rebels abducted six Tanzanian Muslim clerics and their driver in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, religious authorities said on Wednesday.

The imams and their Congolese driver were kidnapped on Sunday between the villages of Rutshuru and Katwiguru in North Kivu region, Imam Musa al-Hajji Hashim, executive secretary of the region's Islamic community, told dpa.

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