Joel Mumbere Musavuli, Democratic Republic of Congo

Joel Mumbere Musavuli, director of Baronnie de Byakato radio-television in Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was stabbed to death on August 15, and his wife was serious wounded when suspected Mai-Mai militiamen entered their house and attacked them. Musavuli has received death threats after he reported about the Mai-Mai militia group in June.

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