At least 22 civilians have been killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ituri province. 

The province has been plunged back into a cycle of violence since late 2017 with the rise of the Cooperative for the Development of Congo militia, which has since split into rival factions. 

It is the third attack by the outlaws against displacement sites in the space of a week, causing more than 50 deaths and enormous material damage. 

The same camp in the Ituri province was attacked less than a week ago when 29 people were killed.