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NEWS IN BRIEFCivil Society in North Kivu has called on the FARDC to take control over areas conquered from the ADF militia in order to further stabilise the region and to allow for the return of the displaced. In South Kivu armed men from the Raïa Mutomboki militia leader Alexandere took control of several villages and the town of Penekusu causing many families to flee. After weeks of intercommunal violence in Katanga 33 suspects have been arrested. Meanwhile, MONUSCO Head, Martin Kobler, has urged local communities to stop the violence. In Province Orientale, 13 people have allegedly escaped the LRA after being abducted just days before. Their escape is said to be the result of Congolese soldiers following and attacking the militia. In the Central African Republic, 17 people are reported dead after clashes between two factions of ex-Seleka fighters in Bambari. Meanwhile, French forces of the EUFOR have been engaged in fighting with armed men in the Muslim PK5 enclave in Bangui. The fighting broke out after the local community accused the French soldiers of the shooting of a local man. In the following shootout over thirty people were wounded and a Red Cross volunteer killed. At least 25 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine near Bambari. The incident has been confirmed by the CAR’s mining ministry, which has pointed out that the mine is under Seleka control, making it impossible for the national authority to enforce security standards. On Lake Rweru, located between Burundi and Rwanda, local fishermen are reported to have found up to 40 bodies floating in the lake over the last weeks. Among the dead are men, women and children, but neither their origin, nor the circumstances of their death are known so far. While it is assumed that the bodies have been flushed into the lake from the Rwandan Akagera River, both Rwanda and Burundi claim that the dead do not come from their countries. |
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