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\nThree people died as rival militias clashed for a second day on Saturday for control of a gold mine in DR Congo\u2019s troubled northeastern province of Ituri, the groups said.
\nScores of armed groups roam Ituri and neighbouring North Kivu, many a legacy of two regional wars a quarter of a century ago. Ituri and North Kivu have under an army-led \u201cstate of siege\u201d since May 2021 in a bid to clamp down on the militias. Fighting began Friday around the Tulabo mine in Irumu territory between the Patriotic Resistance Force of Ituri (FRPI) and the Patriotic and Integrationist Force of the Congo (FPIC), residents said.
\n\u201cFRPI militiamen built a camp to exploit the Tulabo gold mine. It\u2019s a provocation. During the fighting to drive them out, two were killed and one died on our side\u201d, said Kabulano Nyamabo, an FPIC spokesman.
\nAn FRPI spokesman confirmed the two deaths. \u201cSome of our elements can end up exploiting gold illegally. But the FPIC attacked us for no reason,\u201d the militia\u2019s spokesman Muno Munobi told media. The army claimed to have restored order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Congo Three people died as rival militias clashed for a second day on Saturday for control of a gold mine in DR Congo\u2019s troubled northeastern province of Ituri, the groups said. Scores of armed groups roam Ituri and neighbouring North Kivu, many a legacy of two regional wars a quarter of a century ago. Ituri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n