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50 civilians reported killed in Uvira

    NAIROBI

    Pro-government militias have allegedly killed at least 50 Tutsi civilians around the Lake Tanganyika port of Uvira and in the neighbouring village of Makobola, news organisations reported on Thursday. The rebel-appointed governor for South Kivu province in eastern DRC, Bashingizi Katitima, said the attackers also ransacked a health centre at Remera in the remote area
    of Mulenge mountains, AP reported. Katitima said the attacks took place this week, but did not give further details. The attackers were reportedly Mayi Mayi fighters, who are opposed to what they see as economic and political domination by the Congolese Tutsis and Rwanda. However, a source from the Congolese embassy denied the reports. He said the news sources
    was not "independent", and it was the Banyamulenge who killed civilians before blaming it on the government because there were usually no witnesses.

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