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2022-12-29 Africa Subsaharan

U.N. Warns Congo Conflict Getting Worse with Kidnapping, Torture, Rape of Civilians

[Breitbart] The United Nations prepared a troubling report on the insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week, warning that the conflict is intensifying and putting more civilians, including children, at risk of abduction, rape, and torture. Unfortunately for the Congolese, the international community turns a blind eye to much of what happens in the eastern Congo because it is the world’s primary source of cobalt, which is in heavy demand by the almighty electric vehicle industry.

Voice of America News (VOA) saw the 21-page document on Tuesday, although it has not been officially released yet. The report included interviews with over 230 sources, and U.N. investigators visited the DRC’s conflict-torn North Kivu province.

There are many armed factions fighting for turf in the Congo, but as VOA noted, the most abusive and dangerous of them is the March 23 Movement or M23, a vicious insurgency with roots stretching back into the bloody regional tribal conflicts of the 1990s.

M23 emerged from a decade of relative dormancy in 2021 and began seizing territory in the eastern DRC, quickly supplanting the Islamic State and its affiliates as the worst regional security threat.

The U.N. report noted M23 is extraordinarily brutal toward civilians in the towns it controls, especially when the paranoid insurgency thinks they might be cooperating with its enemies:

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-29 01:53|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 conflict getting worse....

Compared to what? In the absence of the rule of law, this is simply the 'old' normal. Perhaps a vandalized US shopping mall graphic would assist the understanding ?

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-29 01:59|| 2022-12-29 01:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Notice also no covid in Africa.

Posted by Dale 2022-12-29 03:45|| 2022-12-29 03:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Died of dengue fever. With COVID...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-29 07:33|| 2022-12-29 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't this a Belgian problem after all?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-12-29 12:41|| 2022-12-29 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 They do have a catchy walk-up song.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-29 13:24|| 2022-12-29 13:24|| Front Page Top

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