Five Chinese nationals kidnapped in DR Congo after attack near mine

Published:Dec 7, 202310:20
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It was not clear who carried out the attack near the village of Mukera in South Kivu province. Relations are already strained between Chinese mining firms and native authorities, who say some corporations are working illegally with out licenses."An armed group exchanged fire with police. Five Chinese nationals were kidnapped," Major Dieudonne Kasereka, the military spokesman in the area, stated.A spokesperson on the Chinese embassy in Congo didn't reply to a request for remark. The identify of the mine website was not given.In August, the governor of South Kivu, Theo Kasi, suspended the operations of six small Chinese firms, ordering all native and overseas workers to depart the websites. Protests erupted in some areas after firms didn't shut instantly, native media reported.
Separately, President Felix Tshisekedi is reviewing a $6 billion "infrastructure-for-minerals" cope with Chinese traders signed below earlier president Joseph Kabila.He stated beforehand that some mining contracts might be reviewed due to considerations they don't seem to be sufficiently benefiting Congo, which is the world's largest producer of cobalt and Africa's main miner of copper.Even with out disputes over contracts, restive japanese Congo is a tough place to function. Various militias battle to regulate land and pure assets. In current weeks, the military has clashed with the M23 insurgent group a couple of hundred miles north of this weekend's attack, near the border with Uganda, forcing 1000's to flee.On Saturday gunmen killed a ranger of Virunga National Park, the park stated. M23 was prone to be accountable, it stated.


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