A stampede after a fire broke out in a school in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu has killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said on Thursday.

Residents in the rebel-controlled city of Bukavu have been reeling in the aftermath of a fire that tore through two schools and proved deadly.

A fire at a school in Congo's rebel-controlled city of Bukavu has killed at least 17 people, including children.