Militia mutilates toddlers, burns villages in central Congo, U.N. says

Record ID: 896263

  • Title: Militia mutilates toddlers, burns villages in central Congo, U.N. says
  • Date: 20th June 2017
  • Summary: TSHIKAPA, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) (JUNE 10, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF KASAI PROVINCE GOVERNORATE BUILDING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS TSHIKAPA, KASAI PROVINCE, DRC (JUNE 10, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DRC PRESIDENT, JOSEPH KABILA, WITH PROVINCIAL DEPUTIES AND MEMBERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY KABILA WITH PROVINCIAL DEPUTIES FOLLOWING TALKS TSHIKAPA, KASAI PROVINCE, DRC (JUNE 12, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT VIEW) KABILA MOTORCADE ARRIVING IN TSHIKAPA KABILA SUPPORTERS RUNNING IN THE STREET TO GREET KABILA VARIOUS OF KABILA BEING GREETED BY TRADITIONAL LOCAL CHIEFS
  • Embargoed: 4th July 2017 17:02
  • Keywords: Congo United Nations militia Kabila Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein Marie Ange Mushobekwa
  • Location: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / TSHIKAPA, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
  • City: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / TSHIKAPA, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Government/Politics,United Nations
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026M32WJR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.N. rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said on Tuesday (June 20) a militia linked to Democratic Republic of Congo's government has committed a string of ethnically-motivated attacks in recent months, including cutting off toddlers' limbs and stabbing pregnant women.
    Zeid told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva he had reports the Bana Mura militia was backing the government in its fight against insurgents in the central Kasai region.
    Congo's government has been fighting insurgents in Kasai since last August, triggering fears of a wider conflict in the large central African country, which is a tinderbox of ethnic rivalry and competing claims over mineral resources.
    Congo's Human Rights Minister Marie Ange Mushobekwa told the council her government was investigating the reports of atrocities and had nothing to hide, suggesting the accusations were politically motivated.
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