Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo — At least 46 people, half of them children, were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, security analysts and a local community leader said Monday. A United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) armored personnel carrier (APC) drives down a road in the Rhoe camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 20, 2023. Children are seen in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ituri province, northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, March 17, 2022. Ituri province is one of eastern DR Congo's violence hotspots, where attacks claiming dozens of lives are common. Much of eastern DR Congo is plagued by dozens of armed groups, a legacy of regional wars that flared in the 1990s and 2000s.

Source: Ethiopian News June 12, 2023 22:13 UTC