Twenty three people have been killed in two
new massacres blamed on Ugandan rebels in
the restless east of the Democratic Republic
of Congo a regional official told AFP on Thursday.
The killing are the latest blamed on the rebels
of the Allied Democratic Forces ADF ,who
are accused of murdering more than 300 people
in seven months of massacres in and around the
major trading hub of Beni in DR Congo 's
North Kivu province'.
The latest massacres occurred near the town
of Mbau ,not far from Beni ,regional
administrator Amisi Kalonda told AFP by
telephone
Muslim rebels of the ADFlunched an insurgency
in neighbouring Uganda against President
Yoweri Museveni in the mid 1990s and later
established bases on the Congolese side of the
border.
The security situation in the region has dramatically
deteriorated since last week with five killed
near Beni on Monday and seven killed in a
similar massacres on Friday ,
Beni which a population of half a million
has been paralysed by the protest action with
hundreds residents marching through the streets
n Tuesday chanting solgans against authorities
before being dispersed by police.
AFP
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