US Edition14 people killed near Congo’s capital as violence over land intensifies
The Mobondo militia, claiming to protect the Yaka people, killed 14 including three children and displaced thousands amid a three-year land dispute, IPIS reported.
- On Monday, Capt. Antony Mualushayi said an early-Sunday assault on Nkana village, Kwamouth territory, killed 14 people as attackers exchanged fire with soldiers and set homes ablaze.
- A fight over land and customary claims erupted in June 2022, Human Rights Watch says, pitting the Teke, historical inhabitants, against so-called non-native groups including Yaka farmers.
- The military said the attackers were the Mobondo militia presenting themselves as defenders of the Yaka people, and the United Nations reports Mobondo militiamen have killed in five provinces around Kinshasa.
- Researchers at International Peace Information Service found the conflict has killed more than 5,000 people and displaced 280,000 since 2022.
- Nkana is in Kwamouth territory where fighting has raged for three years amid repeated clashes over land and customary disputes between local communities.
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14 people killed near Congo’s capital as violence over land intensifies
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attack on a village in western Congo left 14 people dead, a military official said Monday, as violence over land ownership between rival communities has intensified. The attack took place during the early hours of Sunday in the village of Nkana, around 75 kilometers (47 miles) northeast of Kinshasa, the capital, Capt. Antony Mualushayi, the spokesperson for the military in the area, said in a statement. The attackers, a…
14 people killed near Congo’s capital as violence over land intensifies
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attack on a village in western Congo left 14 people dead, a military official said Monday, as violence over land ownership between rival communities has intensified. The attack took place during the early hours of Sunday in the village of Nkana, around 75 kilometers (47 miles) northeast of Kinshasa, the […]
14 people killed near Congo’s capital as violence over land intensifies
A military official reports that an attack on a village in western Congo has left 14 people dead. The violence, linked to land ownership disputes between rival communities, occurred early Sunday in...
14 people killed near Congo’s capital as violence over land intensifies
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attack on a village in western Congo left 14 people dead, a military official said Monday, as violence over land ownership between rival communities has intensified.
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