Around 36 people have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, local officials say, blaming ADF militia for fresh killings.
An initial assault killed seven people, territorial administrator Donat Kibwana has said, adding that "the attack took place at 11:00 pm and it was the ADF", which originated in the 1990s as an Ugandan rebel group.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, however, said the government agreed that in the eastern provinces where active conflicts persist "MONUSCO will gradually consolidate its footprint.”
The attack happened overnight in the remote village of Baeti, the administrator of Beni territory in North Kivu province said.
The majority of the population have been keeping their money at home instead of in banks to avoid possible confiscation amid the country's economic crisis.
The UN Mapping Report on mass killings, rapes and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a milestone in documenting crimes against humanity.
WHO states that it has a "zero-tolerance policy with regard to sexual exploitation and abuse."
Miners searching the site near the town of Kamituga have so far recovered 18 bodies, after heavy rains caused the artisanal gold mine to cave in, burying those working below ground.
Heavy rains lasting for days created landslides that caused three mines to collapse, burying workers underneath.
A government-led military operation against various rebel groups in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused hundreds of thousands to flee the region, amid a mounting death toll on both sides.
The two-day clashes erupted over the weekend after some armed youths in the Greater Tonj area engaged with security forces.
The suspected militants have thrown a grenade into a group of sleeping people inside the camp in the village of Nguetchewe.
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