14-02-2017 15:13 via news.yahoo.com

Congo police kill at least four in dawn raid on separatist cult

By Aaron Ross and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo police made a pre-dawn raid on a separatist group in Kinshasa on Tuesday, killing four people but failing to arrest their leader, a self-styled religious prophet, witnesses and group members said. Dozens of armed police stormed the home of Ne Muanda Nsemi, leader of Bundu dia Kongo (BDK), a religious cult that seeks to revive the pre-colonial Kongo kingdom that flourished for centuries around the mouth of the Congo river.
Read more »