UN rights office reports that at least 890 people have been killed in ethnic violence in the north-western Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-December.
This is double the estimate provided by a local priest and civil society activist on Monday that at least 400 people had been killed in bloodshed that led the government to cancel voting there in last month’s presidential election.
Communal fighting and widespread pillaging around the town of Yumbi has led to an estimated 16,000 people seeking refuge by crossing the Congo River into the Republic of Congo.