At Least 32 Civilians Killed in Eastern Congo, Says the UN

Congolese Defense Forces soldiers remove the bodies of victims of an attack near the town of Oicha, Democratic Republic of Congo, on July 23, 2021. Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP Photo

DAKAR, Senegal—At least 32 civilians have been killed by rebel groups in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, said a spokesman for the United Nations.

Twenty people were killed by the militia group CODECO and a dozen were killed by the Allied Democratic Forces, which is allied to the ISIS terrorist group, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a press conference on Monday.