“Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Six people were killed by unidentified assailants in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, amid a spike in violence in the restive region, a local official said on Saturday. ‘Six people of all ethnic backgrounds were killed’ on Friday night in Bwalanda, said Alphonse Mahano, a local delegate of North Kivu province. ‘Three [victims] were hacked with machetes,’ while three others ‘were burned in their homes,’ Mahano said.”

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