DRC Accuses Rwanda-Backed M23 of Killing over 1,500 People Last Month

DR Congo accuses Rwanda of killing 1,500 civilians in past month

The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of killing more than 1,500 civilians in the Congolese east since early December, when the Kigali-backed M23 militia launched a fresh offensive. Just days after the Congolese and Rwandan governments signed a US-brokered peace deal on December 4, the M23 took the key city of Uvira, causing tens of thousands of people to flee across the border into Burundi. "The provisional death toll of civilian …

DRC accuses Rwanda-backed M23 of killing over 1,500 people last month

Authorities in DRC have described the new wave of attacks as “a clear act of aggression against national sovereignty” and a “serious and repeated violation of international law”

DRC accuses Rwanda of killing 1,500 civilians in past month

The Congolese government has labelled the latest offensive of the Kigali-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo “a clear act of aggression.”

DR Congo Says More than 1,500 Civilians Killed in Eastern Violence

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said Wednesday that more than 1,500 civilians have been killed in escalating violence in the country's eastern province of South Kivu since early December.