At least one person killed in protest near Barrick's Congo mine

KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least one person was killed during protests against evictions near Barrick Gold Corp's Kibali gold mine in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo last week, the local governor's office said on Monday.

Two villages near the mine, where residents had previously been resettled from, have been occupied by local people in recent months, "in violation of the rights of the company Kibali goldmines," the Haut Uele governor's office said in a statement.