Sep. 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Around 200 people would have died in the inter-community clashes registered in recent days in the province of Mai-Ndombe, located in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to civil society sources in Kwamouth.
These sources have indicated to the Congolese news portal 7sur7 that among the victims is the local leader of the town of Fadiaka, who would have been beheaded, in the context of a confrontation between members of the Teke and Yaka communities.
Civil society in the area has called on the authorities to deliver aid to the victims and has asked the Army to increase its deployment to guarantee security in the towns affected by the fighting.
Former Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito traveled to the area on Monday to analyze the situation on the ground. Numerous towns located in Kwamouth have been left empty after the population fled for fear of new clashes.
Previously, at least 70 people had died in incidents of this type since the end of July due to territorial disputes between the Teke, who are considered to be the original inhabitants of the banks of the Congo River, and the Yaka, also settled in the area.
Mai-Ndombe was the scene in 2018 of an attempted conflict between the Ntende and Nunu communities that resulted in more than 500 deaths, according to data revealed by the United Nations. Likewise, in 2011 there were clashes between these same communities.
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