Banditter, militser og påståede overgreb fra hærens side giver problemer for hjælpearbejdere, der forsøger at hjælpe store grupper af fordrevne i territoriet Irumu i Ituri-regionen i den nordvestlige del af DR Congo, skriver IRIN NEWS mandag.
BUKIRINGI: Among the 130.000 IDPs (fordrevne) in the Ituri region, 89.864 (69 percent) are in the territory of Irumu, about 40km southwest of Bunia, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Remnants of militia groups which fought for control of Irumu until 2007 remain active, carrying out sporadic attacks against civilians.
Banditry and human rights abuses have reportedly been carried out by the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI), a militia group previously linked to the Lendu-dominated National Integrationist Front (FNI), and a new group that emerged in 2008, the Popular Front for Justice in Congo (FPJC).
These militia groups, estimated to have no more than 100 people within their ranks, were responsible for 52 deaths in 2010, prompting a military operation by the DR Congo army, FARDC, to neutralize their activities and move populations to protected areas.
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