Fears of massacre in DR Congo gold mine attack

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A militiaman of the armed group URDPC/ Codeco from the Lendu community makes a stop sign at a religious procession of the Codeco sect in the village of Masumbuko, Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on September 18, 2020. PHOTO | AFP 

A militia attack has left at least 40 civilians dead in the northeastern Congolese province of Ituri.

Local sources say more than 100 people are missing after the suspected Sunday massacre by the armed group Cooperative for the Development of Congo (Codeco) in the Mongwalu territory.