Lambert Mende

Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo today said the number of people hacked to death in the restive east this weekend has risen to 51.

Rescue teams and medics on Thursday attempted to save survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage of a train that flew off the rails in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 57.

Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo today said the number of people hacked to death in the restive east this weekend has risen to 51.

Rescue teams and medics on Thursday attempted to save survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage of a train that flew off the rails in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 57.