US EditionAdvance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
- The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of killing children and attacking humanitarian aid facilities in eastern Congo's Bukavu.
- M23 rebels seized Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Congo, after taking Goma last month, leading to at least 3,000 reported deaths and displacing thousands in the previous fighting.
- Volker Türk confirmed that children were involved in the conflict and reported the execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week.
- The fighting in eastern Congo has displaced over 6 million people, contributing to what the U.N. Calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
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UN Security Council weighs calling on Rwanda to pull troops from Congo
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday to call on Rwanda's military to stop supporting the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and immediately withdraw all troops from Congolese territory "without preconditions." The M23 has captured the two largest cities in eastern Congo and stoked fears of a wider war. Rwanda denies allegations from Congo and the U.N. that it supports the M23 with arms a…
UNSC to call for unconditional withdrawal of Rwandan troops from Congo
The French-drafted UN resolution ”strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF)” and demands that the M23 immediately stop its hostilities and withdraw.
Congo-Kinshasa: Sanctioning Drivers of Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Announcement - The United States is sanctioning today two individuals and two entities linked to violence and human rights abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This action includes designation of Rwanda's Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe and the M23 and the Congo River Alliance spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka Kingston, alongside two of Kanyuka's companies, Kingston Fresh and Kingston Holding.
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