Thirteen people were killed on Saturday night while more eight people were killed on Sunday in the areas of Musuku and Biangolo, two villages in the Kyavikere group. Most of those killed were women and girls who were raped before being hacked to death.
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in Kampala for crisis talks with President Yoweri Museveni over the fast-changing and volatile situation in North Kivu province.
The United Nations wants the proposed international neutral force to be stationed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to get a clear mandate and sanction from the Security Council.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called a summit on the Great Lakes Region with special focus on the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.