DRC: New massacres in Katanga

Congolese military officials confirm that about 100 civilians and seven military officers in the south-eastern province of Katanga have been brutally slaughtered by rampant peasant Mai Mai warriors since January. The killings near the town of Kitenge, some 700 km north of the provincial capital Lubumbashi, highlight the challenges for nearly 11 000 UN peacekeeping troops deployed largely in the country's lawless east.