The Joint United Nations Office for Human Rights (BCNUDH) is concerned about the situation in Ituri (eastern DRC). According to his latest report, at least 296 people were killed, 151 injured and 38 people raped, including many women and children, by the majority Lendu armed attackers between October 2019 and April 2020.
According to the reports, these attacks on civilians escalated from March 2020, especially around artisanal mining sites, and extended to the territories of Mahagi and Irumu.
" In addition to the Hema and the Alur, the violence affected members of the communities so far, including Mambisa, Nyali and Ndo-Okebo, of which 17 members were killed on March 14 by machete or by weapons of fire by the attackers, who also burned several homes and a health centre after looting all the drugs ", says the BCNUDH.
This violence has led to a new flow of displaced persons to Bunia and other urban centres that are considered safer.
" Since June 2018, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the territories of Djugu, Mahagi and Bunia, bringing the number of displaced persons in Ituri province to more than one million and two hundred thousand. the same source.
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