DR Congo on Wednesday announced that key elections due to take place nationwide on December 30 would be postponed to March in two regions troubled by violence. But those delays will not affect the timetable for the presidential ballot, which is being held alongside legislative and provincial elections, the national election commission CENI said. Already […]
The post DR Congo further delays December 30 poll in two conflict zones appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News. …
Allied Democratic Forces
Nine killed in DRC eastern region of Beni
Suspected members of an armed group have killed nine civilians in an attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) troubled east, according to government officials and the military. Aljazeera reported, the massacre occurred overnight in the town of Oicha, in the Beni region of DRC, local administrator Donat Kibwana. The assailants were suspected members of […]
The post Nine killed in DRC eastern region of Beni appeared first on Tribune Online. …
Rebels kill at least seven civilians in eastern DRCongo
Crowds protest latest deadly rebel raid in DR Congo
Crowds protested in the streets in Beni, eastern DR Congo, after rebels killed at least 11 people and abducted 15 others, including children, in an overnight raid, local officials said. The attack, thought to have been carried out by members of the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), targeted Beni, the regional army spokesman Captain Mak […] …
