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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Boosts Attack Force in East After Gruesome Massacre of Civilians
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sent attack helicopters and manned foot patrols into the country's strife-torn North Kivu province after discovering the bodies of 21 civilians brutally slaughtered, including babies, children and women, some mutilated, others raped.
Troops from the UN Mission of Stabilization in the DRC (MONUSCO) made the gruesome discovery on Friday and Saturday in Musuku village in the Rwenzori area of Beni sector.
The killers have yet to be identified, but unconfirmed reports and villagers interrogated in the area strongly suspect that this could have been the work of the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), two of several armed groups that have terrorized North Kivu for years.
"These atrocities will not [go] unpunished and the perpetrators will know no respite as long as they have not been held accountable for their actions before the law," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative in the DRC, Martin Kobler, said today in a statement, condemning the murders in the strongest terms.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201312170071.html
Troops from the UN Mission of Stabilization in the DRC (MONUSCO) made the gruesome discovery on Friday and Saturday in Musuku village in the Rwenzori area of Beni sector.
The killers have yet to be identified, but unconfirmed reports and villagers interrogated in the area strongly suspect that this could have been the work of the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), two of several armed groups that have terrorized North Kivu for years.
"These atrocities will not [go] unpunished and the perpetrators will know no respite as long as they have not been held accountable for their actions before the law," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative in the DRC, Martin Kobler, said today in a statement, condemning the murders in the strongest terms.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201312170071.html
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Congo army accused of abuses by UN
Recently defeated M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued to recruit fighters in neighbouring Rwanda while the Congolese army has been involved in human rights abuses and corruption, according to a confidential UN report.
"The group has documented that M23 received continued support from Rwandan territory," the UN Group of Experts said in its final report to the security council's Congo sanctions committee, which was seen by Reuters on Monday.
"The group has received credible information that sanctioned M23 leaders are moving freely in Uganda and that M23 has continued to recruit in Rwanda," it said.
The independent panel also accused armed groups and the Congolese army of human rights abuses – including use of child soldiers, summary executions and sexual violence – and profiting from illegal mining operations in resource-rich eastern Congo.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/17/congo-army-abuses-united-nations
Recently defeated M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued to recruit fighters in neighbouring Rwanda while the Congolese army has been involved in human rights abuses and corruption, according to a confidential UN report.
"The group has documented that M23 received continued support from Rwandan territory," the UN Group of Experts said in its final report to the security council's Congo sanctions committee, which was seen by Reuters on Monday.
"The group has received credible information that sanctioned M23 leaders are moving freely in Uganda and that M23 has continued to recruit in Rwanda," it said.
The independent panel also accused armed groups and the Congolese army of human rights abuses – including use of child soldiers, summary executions and sexual violence – and profiting from illegal mining operations in resource-rich eastern Congo.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/17/congo-army-abuses-united-nations