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D.R. of Congo: More Violence in Eastern Congo

Monday, June 4th, 2007 @ 07:32 UTC

by Jennifer Brea

Countries:: D.R. of Congo
Topics:: Breaking News, Gender, Human Rights, War & Conflict

Kakaluigi continues blogging about the worsening security situation in eastern Congo along the Rwandan border, writing about an attack at Kaniola [Fr] in which a girl less than ten years old was raped and a pregnant woman eviscerated. MP Vicky Katumwa of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) is calling for immediate action. She says that the recent violence is not a communal conflict among the people of Kivu; rather the attacks are perpetrated by the FDLR and the Interhamwe, the Hutu militia that carried out the mass killings of Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide.

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