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THE UN’s human rights office in DR Congo has upped its total from 131 to 171 on the civilian death toll following massacres committed in two localities in November last year.
In its annual report published on Tuesday, the UN joint human rights office documented cases of summary execution of at least 171 people at Bambo and Kishishe in North Kivu province between November 21 and 30 2022. However, the Kinshasa authorities had mentioned about 300 dead.
The report said that the massacre was “committed by the M23 group in retaliation against civilians for their alleged collaboration with the national defence and security forces and rival armed groups.”
The M23 has seized large swaths of territory north of Goma in recent months and continues to advance north-west of the provincial capital of North Kivu.
The DRC accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23, which is corroborated by UN experts and Western countries, although Kigali denies this.
