Four soldiers and 13 militiamen died in an attack on an army base on the banks of Lake Albert in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, military sources said Friday.“In the attack on our position in Musekere, the Armed Forces of the DR Congo killed 13 militia members. We lost four soldiers,” Lieutenant-General Egide Ngoy, commander of the naval force at Kasenyi, also in Ituri province, told AFP.
Lakes in the region are a cause of tension between the two neighbours, with claims of Congolese militia members crossing to the Ugandan side for illegal fishing, often accompanied by attacks on locals.Aside from illegal fishermen, armed groups from the conflict-torn eastern DRC also rob fishermen of their boats and engines, or seize them to demand ransom.
Uganda has deployed the military onto the water, and hundreds of Congolese fishermen have been arrested. Last July, soldiers from the two countries clashed on Lake Edward, leaving two Ugandan soldiers and three civilians dead.
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