West DR Congo militia kills nine soldiers at weekend, army spokesman says


BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A militia group in west Democratic Republic of Congo killed nine soldiers in an army camp in a village on Saturday, the army spokesman and a chief of a nearby village said on Monday, in a province that has seen communal fighting over land since 2022.

The attack took place in Kwamouth territory in Mai-Ndombe province, where two rival communities - the Teke and the Yaka - have been fighting over land along the Congo River.

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