Twenty-six people were missing and feared dead today after a plane crashed in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an aviation official said.

RWANDAN Hutu rebels operating in eastern Congo have executed, raped, beaten or kidnapped more than 1,500 civilians over the past year, according to a UN report released yesterday.

Rwandan Hutu rebels operating in eastern Congo have executed, raped, beaten or kidnapped more than 1,500 civilians over the past year, according to a UN report released today.

RWANDAN militiamen massacred at least 10 farmers in a remote village in Congo, the latest violence reported in the country’s troubled east.