Militia fighters have killed over 700 in eastern DR Congo, UN says
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who has said in a quarterly report that the security situation in eastern DR Congo has deteriorated, with a steep surge in violence. PHOTO | KARIM JAAFAR | AFP
A surge in attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 700 lives at the hands of militia fighters since December, the United Nations (UN) said on Monday.
Rebel militias have plagued eastern DRC for decades, many of them a legacy of regional wars that flared during the 1990s and early 2000s.
