At least 64 people have been killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an attack carried out by suspected rebels. Nyonyi Bwanakawa, the mayor of Beni in North Kivu, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that the attack happened on Saturday night in the town’s Rwangoma district. DRC troops and local officials recovered 64 bodies, but the number could rise as the search was still going on, Bwanakawa said. Local residents also told Al Jazeera that they had spotted ADF rebels coming out of the forest on Saturday. - Al Jazeera

Source: The North Africa Journal August 15, 2016 10:30 UTC