Armed men killed at least 20 people in the western Democratic Republic of Congo this week in an ethnic conflict that has claimed hundr
The rights monitor said fighters from the Mobondo militia ambushed a truck carrying traders from the Teke ethnic group on Monday.
They torched the bus near a village in the Kwamouth region in Mai-Ndombe, northeast of the capital, Kinshasa.between so-called ‘native’ and ‘non-native’ communities; hundreds have been killed,” the New York-based body said. “The simmering dispute escalated into widespread violence after many farmers, mainly Yaka, rejected an increase of customary royalties by ‘native’ Teke chiefs,” HRW said.
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