Congo-Kinshasa: Use of Explosive Weapons 'Must Stop' in Eastern DR Congo
Volker Türk said explosive weapons in populated areas are killing civilians and destroying homes as clashes intensify despite peace efforts.
- On Thursday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an immediate halt to fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , urging both sides to "immediately step back from further violence."
- The Rwandan-backed and Tutsi-led M23 militia re-emerged in 2021, seizing vast territory in mineral-rich South Kivu, a region plagued by conflict for over 30 years.
- Intense clashes around Mulima village on July 4 and 5 saw both sides deploying "armed drones, heavy artillery and other explosive weapons" in civilian areas, killing many.
- Türk urged Rwanda to "cease its support for M23" and withdraw troops, while calling on Congolese authorities to "scale up" efforts to "demobilize, disarm and repatriate members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ."
- Despite a US-brokered December peace deal, fighting continues displacing more than 8 million people while impairing containment efforts for the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the region.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Use of Explosive Weapons 'Must Stop' in Eastern DR Congo
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to cease hostilities as he deplored recent civilian deaths on Thursday.
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, rejected this Thursday the serious impact on the civilian population that the recent fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has generated and demanded a coordinated and urgent international effort to reduce tension in the region.Continue reading....
The United Nations (UN) on Thursday called for an immediate end to fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between armed forces and M23 rebels.
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