A university campus where foreigners were staying was attacked, killing 10 people, DR Congo says.
By Peter MwaiTen people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been killed in an army attack on a university campus in Sudan, the Congolese government says.
UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi tweeted of his shock that 10 refugees had died in an attack in Khartoum, without giving further details. People in the video, including a distressed woman who says her husband died in the attack, speak a mixture of Arabic and Lingala, the language spoken mainly in the west of DR Congo.
Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula said DR Congo had demanded an explanation from the Sudanese government and expected the bodies of those killed to be repatriated free of charge.
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