Madrid 30 (Europa Press) –
The authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) have denounced this Sunday that in ten days, between March 17 and 27, there were “73 cases of murders and summary executions” allegedly perpetrated by the Ruandés Army and the Rebelde Group Movement March 23 (M23) within the framework of the conflict in the east of the country.
“The Ministry of Interior, Security, Decentralization and customary issues informs both national and international opinion that the Ruandés Army and its alternates (the M23) persist in acts of violation of the integrity of the national territory, murders, torture, violations, looting,” said the Congolese executive in a statement.
The Government has also registered 112 cases of torture, numerous disappearances and several cases of violation and forced recruitment of young people, including children.
In addition, he has denounced the installation of hundreds of Ruandesas families in occupied areas as part of an “act of ethnic purification.”
The Congolese authorities have emphasized that these acts “flagrantly violate” the United Nations Charter and the constitutive act of the African Union (UA). “The Ministry of Interior continues to document these serious violations perpetrated by the Ruandés Army and its M23-AFC substitutes so that justice is done,” they have concluded.
The devastating crisis in the east of the country continues without a solution in view after the president of Angola, Joao Lourenço, announced the end of his role as a mediator in the conflict after declaring himself unable to bring both parties closer.
The M23, mainly integrated by Congolese Tutsis, thus preserves its territorial advances in recent months, in an offensive that has led to the democratic Republic of the Congo to directly accuse Rwanda of deploying troops in its territory to support the operations of the M23 amid the failure of regional calls to a high fire and a peace process.
The Ruandesa authorities accuse the RDC government of repressing the Congolese tutsis, which represent a minority in the east of the African country, with support from armed groups such as the FDLR and other local militias.
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