Tag: Kasai
DR Congo war atrocities
Rebels and government troops in Congo committed atrocities including mass rape, cannibalism and dismembering civilians, according to testimony published by a team...
All sides committed war crime in Congo’s Kasai -UN
Congolese security forces and militia committed atrocities amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including killing and raping women and children,...
Hunger brings death to Kasai after guns fall silent
The guns are silent in the Congolese town of Mwene Ditu, but each day starving children arrive at the small hospital there...
UN reacts to “violation” of MONUSCO office in Kasai
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers who apparently entered and violated a UN office in Kasai province have earned the strong condemnation...
DR Congo ready to register voters in Kasai
The head of Congo's election commission said better security in the conflict-ravaged Kasai region enabled preparations for a delayed election to replace...
Finger pointed at DR Congo army elements over Kasai mass graves
The United Nations accuses "elements" of the Congolese army of digging most of the mass graves identified in the insurrection-ravaged Kasai region...
More graves found in Kasai region of DR Congo
The United Nations has identified another 38 probable mass graves in Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region, bringing the total to...
DR Congo court convicts soldiers for Kasai massacre
A Democratic Republic of Congo court convicted seven soldierd for the murder of suspected militia members in the country's insurrection-ravaged Kasai region.
The...
Fighting kills more than 3,000 in Congo’s Kasai region
Congolese security forces and a militia fighting them have killed at least 3,383 people in the central Kasai region since October, the...
International inquiry into DR Congo massacres sought
The top United Nations human rights official called for the establishment of an international investigation into massacres and other crimes committed in...
DR Congo faces UN deadline for human rights probe
Congo has two days to heed UN calls to jointly investigate violence in Kasai province or risk having an international human rights...
Thirty-one dead in DR Congo clashes
Clashes between a tribal militia and security forces in a province of central Congo killed at least 31 people at the weekend,...