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Title: At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes
Post by: TomSea on June 19, 2019, 10:56:00 am

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At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes
Thomson Reuters Foundation

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 17 (Reuters) - At least 161 people have been killed in a northeastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, local officials said on Monday, in an apparent resurgence of ethnic clashes between farming and herding communities.

A series of attacks in Ituri province has mostly targeted Hema herders, who have long been in conflict with Lendu farmers over grazing rights and political representation, although the exact identity of the assailants remains murky.

Open conflict between Hema and Lendu from 1999-2007 resulted in an estimated 50,000 deaths in one of the bloodiest chapters of a civil war in eastern Congo that left millions dead from conflict, hunger and disease.

Read more at: http://news.trust.org/item/20190617121534-twi2a (http://news.trust.org/item/20190617121534-twi2a)

Title: Re: At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes
Post by: mountaineer on June 19, 2019, 01:23:58 pm

Seems like there's always some sort of war going on in that country.

Title: Re: At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes
Post by: Applewood on June 19, 2019, 01:58:42 pm

And I've read so-called "refugees" from the Congo are coming to the US, along with their diseases like Ebola.  Guess they will bring their propensity for violence with them too.   9999hair out0000