More mass graves found in DR Congo

Kurzweil · 2017-04-19T11:26:11+00:00

DR CONGO: Mkaburi 17 ya halaiki yamegundulika leo katika eneo la Kasai mkoa ambao uko katikati mwa nchi hiyo. Makaburi mengine 23 yaligundulika mnamo mwezi Agosti mwaka jana na sasa idadi ya makaburi yote ya halaiki yanafikia 40 kwa mujibu wa taarifa ya Umoja wa Mataifa(UN) ===== Seventeen more mass graves have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region bringing the total found since last August up to 40, the UN says. The region has been the "scene of clashes between soldiers and members of a local militia knosn as Kamuina Nsapu", the statement adds. The government is fighting to put down a rebellion that began after a regional chief was killed. Both sides have been accused of committing human rights violations. UN investigators heard that at least 74 people, including 30 children, were killed in fighting at the end of last month. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the DR Congo government should take "meaningful steps, which to date have been lacking, to ensure that there is a prompt, transparent, and independent investigation to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by all parties, and other abuses of justice". Source: BBC Africa

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Start date Apr 19, 2017

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