Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes
- Rwanda-Backed rebels are advancing deeper into eastern Congo, capturing Goma and threatening the capital of South Kivu, Bukavu, as reported by the U.N.
- The M23 rebel group has been accused of summary executions and rapes, with at least 12 documented executions between January 26-28, according to Jeremy Laurence from the U.N. Human Rights Office.
- Congolese forces have repelled rebel attacks in Kalehe territory, while President Félix Tshisekedi called for a mass military mobilization to strengthen defenses.
- Residents of Goma are facing severe shortages of water and electricity, with many trekking hours to fetch water from Lake Kivu, as the humanitarian situation worsens.
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UN decries sexual violence as weapon of war in DRC
GENEVA — As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that the warring parties increasingly are using rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war. “Conflict-related sexual violence has been an appalling feature of armed conflict in eastern DRC for decades,” said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for U.N. human rights chief Vo…
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in particular the Kivu region, has its origins in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994 and then in the events related to Burundi, which saw hundreds of thousands of Hutus flee these two countries for eastern DRC. Since 2021, the province of North Kivu, a region worked by separatist forces in the east of the DRC, has been a theater of clashes between government forces and armed rebel…
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Rwandan-Backed Rebels Strengthen Hold in Eastern Congo
Rebel forces continue to claim more Congolese territory coveted for its rich mineral resources. In Myanmar, former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi remains jailed and the country is mired in a brutal civil war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source The post Rwandan-Backed Rebels Strengthen Hold in Eastern Congo appeared first on RocketNews.
Tension increased at the beginning of the week after the armed group M23, which has the support of Rwanda, seized the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, rich in minerals. A UN spokesperson announced this Friday that at least 700 people have been killed since Sunday in intense fighting in Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and rich in minerals. The city, the large…
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