Category: CODECO

Dozens Killed in Militia Attack in Eastern DR Congo

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Dozens were killed in a militia attack early on Wednesday at a displaced persons’ camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the head of a local humanitarian group and a camp resident. Both sources told Reuters that the CODECO militia was responsible for the killings at about 0200 GMT…


Congo Militiamen Kill at Least 20 at Displaced Persons Camp

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Militiamen killed at least 20 people on Sunday in an attack on a displaced persons camp in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local chief, and a civil rights group said. They blamed the attack on the CODECO militia, which has killed hundreds of civilians in Congo’s Ituri Province and forced…