DRC: Seven Dead, 14 Injured in Clashes in Gold-Mining Area

Aug 19, 2022 | New Arab
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At least seven people were killed this week in clashes between rival armed groups in an area in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo rich in gold, local sources said on Friday. Early on Wednesday, groups from the Banyamulenge, a Congolese Tutsi community, attacked miners working in the Fizi territory of the South Kivu province, said Kelvin Bwija, coordinator of a group called the Civil Society of Compatriots/Uvira-Fizi.