Dozens die in eastern Congo militia raid

Dozens of people were killed and many more are missing after armed men raided a mining encampment near the town of Mongwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province, civil society leaders have said. The army confirmed that a deadly attack had occurred on Sunday but did not give the number of fatalities. Civil society leaders estimated that between 30 and 50 people were killed. One said the local hospital had been overwhelmed by the number of victims. Dieudonne Lossa, who leads a collective of civil society groups in Ituri, blamed the killings on the Codeco militia, which has a reputation for attacking civilian encampments.