Eight Dead In Eastern DR Congo Explosion

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By Nebianet Usaini

Updated April 8, 2022

This photograph taken on March 28, 2022 shows a general view of downtown Muheto after the rain, a village on the outskirts of Masisi Centre, in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. – Tens of thousands of people live in camps for displaced people around the town of Masisi Centre. They are fleeing violence perpetrated by armed groups and the national army in outlying villages. Two thirds of the displaced are women. Every month, the NGO Doctors Without Borders receives several dozen displaced women who have been raped, mainly when they leave the camps to collect food from their fields. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)

An explosion at a military camp bar in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday left eight people dead and three injured , a minister said.

“The military governor of North Kivu has just informed us of an explosion in a bar at the Katindo camp in Goma,” said Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya on Twitter.

“The provisional report shows eight dead and three wounded. The services are already deployed for the first investigations,” he added.