Rebel fighters kill at least 69 people in northeastern DR Congo
Key takeaways
- Security officials say CODECO militia groups carried out the attack in Ituri province.
- For more than 30 years, the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground for various armed groups, vying for control of its many mines.
- Two ethnic groups – the Hema and the Lendu – have been locked in a long-running violent conflict in Ituri, a gold-rich province that borders Uganda and South Sudan.
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Security officials say CODECO militia groups carried out the attack in Ituri province.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo CODECO militiamen and members of the Lendu community attend a meeting with former strongmen in Wadda, Ituri province, DRC [File: Alexis Huguet/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 10 May 202610 May 2026An attack by armed rebels has killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to security officials.
For more than 30 years, the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground for various armed groups, vying for control of its many mines.