Codeco militia kills 10 civilians in eastern Congo
Police talk to demonstrators calling on authorities to enforce an agreed withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied territory in the region, within Goma in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 18, 2023. PHOTO | REUTERS
Ten civilians were killed in a midnight attack by the Codeco militia on a village in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri Province, the head of local administration and a civil society leader said on Tuesday.
Codeco is one of a myriad of militias fighting over land and resources in East DR Congo.
