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| U.N. Slams DR Congo Killings, Looting |
| 2014-02-25 |
| [An Nahar] The United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... on Monday denounced gangs in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... for carrying out murders of civilians, looting and burning down entire villages. For several weeks the Masisi territory in mineral-rich Nord-Kivu province "has been the scene of a number of assaults on civilians", said the U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator in DR Congo, Moustapha Soumare, in a statement. Soumare said he had received alarming reports of killings -- many based on ethnic origin -- by gangs in the south of the territory where nearly 40 people died and villages set ablaze. The homes of displaced people were pillaged and health centers which temporarily suspended their activities after medics fled were also targeted, he said. "Even humanitarian aid distributed by the United Nations and NGOs was looted in places." Dozens of local and foreign gangs in Nord-Kivu have made the province particularly unstable -- some wreaking havoc for ethnic, territorial or economic reasons for nearly 20 years. |
| Posted by:Fred |