Congo-Kinshasa: Use of Explosive Weapons 'Must Stop' in Eastern DR Congo - Türk
[UN News] 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.
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.
The most recent conflict in the eastern DRC began in 2021 when the Rwandan-backed and Tutsi-led M23 militia took up arms against the Congolese military. The fighting, which traces back to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda has already displaced more than eight million people during decades of conflict.
Clashes between the Congolese army and M23 have recently escalated in the South Kivu province, with both sides using armed drones, heavy artillery and other explosive weapons in civilian-populated areas, killing many civilians and livestock and destroying homes.
