Security forces and militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out war crimes and crimes against humanity in a conflict in the country’s Kasai region, the United Nations said.
Security forces and militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out war crimes and crimes against humanity in a conflict in the country’s Kasai region, the United Nations said.
Congolese soldiers and two armed groups — Kamwina Nsapu and Bana Mura — committed “multiple atrocities, including numerous cases of sexual violence and abuses against children, which can be described as crimes against humanity or war crimes,” the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a report published on Tuesday.
“A very serious problem of impunity exists,” it said. Congo Human Rights Minister Marie-Ange Mushobekwa didn’t immediately respond to calls from Bloomberg requesting comment.
