CONGO rebels were yesterday accused of cannibalism with witnesses describing the mutilation and eating of the dead during more than a week of tribal fighting that killed scores and forced thousands to flee.

Congo rebels were today accused of cannibalism with terrified witnesses describing the mutilation and eating of the dead during more than a week of tribal fighting that killed scores and forced thousands to flee.

Two United Nations military observers who were missing for days in Congo’s troubled north-east have been “savagely killed,” a spokesman said today.