Guverineri w’Intara ya Kivu y’Amajyepfo muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, Jean-Jacques Purusi, yatangaje ko abamaze kumenyekana bapfiriye mu mpanuka y’ubwato mu Kiyaga cya Kivu ari 78.

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Guverineri Purusi yatangarije ibiro ntaramakuru Reuters ko abo byamenyekanye ko bapfuye bageze kuri 78. Ati “Bizatwara byibuze iminsi itatu kugira ngo hamenyekane imibare ya nyayo kubera ko ntabwo imibiri yose iraboneka.”

Ubu bwato bwavaga mu gace ka Minova, teritwari ya Kalehe muri Kivu y’Amajyepfo bwagaragaye hagati mu kiyaga bwibira gake gake, kugeza ubwo bwose bwiyubitse, burengerwa n’amazi.

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