Report: More Than 3,000 Killed In Violence In Central Congo
The violence in the Kasai region erupted last August when the military killed a local chief. The Catholic Church reported the death toll, and the U.N. says the situation there has grown more complex.
by Merrit Kennedy
Jun 20, 2017
2 minutes
More than 3,000 people have been killed in a remote region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new report from Congo's Catholic Church.
As NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports, the violence in the central Kasai region erupted last August, "when the military killed Kamuina Nsapu, a chief who
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