Monusco
19 killed by suspected militia in troubled east DR Congo
The not-for-profit Congo Research Group said the new massacre brought to 99 the number of civilians killed by armed groups in the Beni area since 5 November.
Tshisekedi's party is working to cobble together a coalition government with the party of former president Joseph Kabila, which won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections.
Earlier in January, the United Nations estimated that at least 890 were killed because of the violence.
The men, who were convicted of common law assault by a military court, dragged the 17-year-old into their base in southern Kasai province after he was caught allegedly stealing buckets in January, the military said Monday.
However, opposition leader Moïse Katumbi refutes Kibila’s insistence that the Kinshasa government can organise and pay for upcoming elections.
A military statement said 'corrective actions' would ensue if the reports, which it understood had come from Congolese citizens, were found to be true.
The mission said it was coordinating a joint response with the Congolese army as well as medical evacuations of the wounded.
Belt-tightening at Monusco, which has about 18,000 uniformed personnel, is part of a broader push by the US, the biggest UN contributor, to cut costs.
After six years on the run, Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka surrendered to UN forces in the town of Mutongo and was transferred to the eastern city of Goma, MONUSCO said.
South Africa’s commitment to the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been extended for a year.