At least four people have been killed this week in a conflict over land in Kisangani, a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said on Thursday. | ManilaBulletin
Several people had already died on April 10 in fighting between members of the Mbole and Lengola ethnic groups, according to several officials interviewed by AFP.
Both communities live side-by-side in a neighbourhood of Kisangani, the capital of Tshopo province, on the Congo River.Kisangani Mayor Delly Likunde told AFP that four people had been killed on Tuesday in the city. Prince Heritier Isomela, the head of a local civil-society association, also said that five people were killed on Tuesday.AFP was unable to independently confirm either the death toll or the details of the latest violence.
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