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UNITED NATIONS. – The UN Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the killing of at least 50 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The massacre took place on Saturday night at the eastern village of Rwangoma on the outskirts of the Beni city. Rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group of Ugandan origin, were suspected to be responsible for the attack.In a Press statement issued here, the 15-nation council called on the DRC government to take further military action against threats posed by the ADF and all other armed groups operating in the region.
The eastern part of the DRC has been plagued for two decades by chronic instability caused by local and foreign armed groups. – Xinhua.
Bongani Ndlovu