Congo’s Ituri Governor Condemns Rising Insecurity in the Gold Province
Illicit mining and mineral trafficking are fuelling mine site violence, the governor of the gold-rich Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo said after armed robbers killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in a gold mine. The attack occurred at around 1:00 a.m. on the morning of April 5 in a gold site that was mined by the COMIDI cooperative in Irumu, 62 km from the provincial capital of Bunia, the governor said. It was first reported on Monday by China’s official Xinhua news agency. “We can…
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