Dozens dead after suspected militia raid in eastern Congo

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed and many more are missing after armed men raided a mining encampment near the town of Mongwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province on Sunday, three civil society leaders said.

Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tsikudi confirmed a deadly attack had taken place at a mining camp near Mongwalu, but did not detail the number of casualties.