UN mission in DR of Congo investigates reports of latest clashes in two villages21 July – The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sent observers to two villages near the volatile town of Bunia to investigate reports of recent fighting there.
The UN Organization Mission (MONUC) said it was informed that 80 civilians and 250 houses were burned during the recent clashes in Tchomia and Kasenya. Lendu militias, according to witnesses, carried out the attacks.
The observers left this weekend for the two villages located 50 kilometres from Bunia, the resource-rich town in the DRC's battle-scarred Ituri district, and the site of a weeks-long deadly turf war between rival ethnic militias.
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