Renew Fights Kills 31 in DR Congo  

At least 31 people including children have been killed in a renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The UN says intense clashes between the Congolese army and several rebel groups have spread to the Beni territory where five bodies were recovered.

Reports say that the death toll might be even higher as dozens of people are still missing.

Humanitarian Crises
This brings the total number of people displaced by armed conflict in DR Congo to six million, which the UN says is among the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

More than 700,000 people have fled their homes in Ituri and North Kivu provinces since the beginning of this year.

The Congolese army is battling dozens of armed rebel groups in the east.

Many of them had been dormant since the end of the country’s civil war in 2003 but have recently re-emerged.

BBC/ MO/CO