Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo protested to Uganda on yesterday after six Congolese nationals were killed and five injured by Ugandan troops on Lake Albert, marking the border between the two countries.
A ministry statement delivered to the Ugandan embassy in Kinshasa said: “In the face of these serious acts resulting from irresponsible and unacceptable behaviour by the Ugandan army, the DRC foreign ministry expresses the strongest protest of the government.” The United Nations mission in the DRC, Monuc, said on Tuesday that there had been “two separate incidents” on Monday at Lake Albert, a region where oil was recently discovered.Monuc’s military spokesperson Gabriel de Brosses said: “There was a firefight on Monday afternoon on Lake Albert in which six Congolese were killed and five were wounded.Nampa-AFPThe United Nations mission in the DRC, Monuc, said on Tuesday that there had been “two separate incidents” on Monday at Lake Albert, a region where oil was recently discovered.Monuc’s military spokesperson Gabriel de Brosses said: “There was a firefight on Monday afternoon on Lake Albert in which six Congolese were killed and five were wounded.Nampa-AFP
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