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Congo: New Investigation Bolsters Evidence of Ethnic Cleansing

HeadlineAug 02, 2018

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a new investigation by Vice News bolsters evidence of ethnic cleansing of the Hema ethnic minority in the eastern Ituri province. The violence began last December, as hundreds of machete-wielding militiamen swept through areas west of Lake Albert on Congo’s border with Uganda. About 120 communities were attacked, with hundreds killed, thousands of homes destroyed and some 350,000 people displaced. Investigative journalist Nick Turse reports the violence came after the U.S. abruptly cut support for peacekeeping efforts last year as part of President Trump’s “America First” policies.

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