20 dead in Pygmy/Bantu caterpillar clashes in DR Congo
10 years agoa group of pygmies shelter from the rain in Mubambiro village near Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 20 people have been killed in three days of clashes in southeast DR Congo between Pygmy and Bantu people over a disputed caterpillar collection tax, a local parliamentarian told AFP on October 18, 2016. Local MP Kalunga Mawazo told AFP on October 18 that the fighting in Kabalo between October 16 and 18 was triggered by a dispute over the caterpillar harvest, a common food staple for the hunter-gatherer people of the Tanganyika region in northern Katanga. / AFP PHOTO / Jose CENDON
At least 20 people have been killed in three days of clashes in southeast DR Congo between Pygmy and Bantu people over a disputed caterpillar collection tax, a local parliamentarian told AFP on Tuesday.