DR Congo Court issues an arrest warrant for the leader of the rebel Corneille Nangaa | News of the conflict
The Military Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has published an international arrest warrant for the leader of the Congo River, which includes M23for war crimes and betrayal.
State media reported on Thursday that the order was announced on Tuesday against Corneille Nanga for massacre, claimed that he had committed in the eastern DRC, northern Kiva, and more recently in the Southern Kiv international law.
The court ordered Nanga to arrest wherever they could find and brought it to the Congo’s territory.
Violence He broke out in the crowd, a city of two million people in Eastern DRC, two weeks ago when the M23 fighters launched a large offensive against the government forces.
On Wednesday, the UN Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs estimated that at least 2,800 people had died in the crowd due to violence.
Thousands of people have also been displaced, and many have fled to neighboring Rwanda, including staff from international organizations such as the UN World Bank.
Switzerland’s ecclesiastical assistance announced on Thursday that three of his local employees were killed during an attack on the Rutshut territory, who were captured last week by M23 fighters. The help group, also known as Heks/Eper, did not say who was responsible for their death.
On Monday M23 declared a truce after the fight against the Congolian army for gom control. But on Wednesday, he seized control of Nyabibwe, a mining city in the eastern province of Drc, the Province of South Kiva, in an apparent violation of one -sided tribute.
Eight people, including local officials, a civil society representative, rebel and international security source, confirmed that Nyabibwe fell on the rebels.
The Minister of Communications from Drc Patrick Muyaya said that the rebels M23 had violated the end of the fire at night and faced the resistance of the Congole’s Armed Forces around Nyabibwe.
‘Worsening of the humanitarian situation’
Due to the rebuilt fights, on Thursday, the UN experts for human rights raised alarm worsening of the humanitarian situation In the Eastern DRC.
They criticized reports of non -select attacks, targeted murders, sexual violence related to conflict, forced recruitment and arbitrary arrests of displaced persons.
“Despite the recent one -sided tribute, the displaced persons are not safe refuge because the humanitarian crisis in the Eastern DRC is a deep alarming turn,” they said in a statement, emphasizing the disproportionate impact on women and girls.
They also pointed out a serious lack of food, shelters, electricity and drinking water, warning of an increased risk of disease outbreak.
In an interview with reporters at UN headquarters on Thursday, UN chief Antonio Guterres told reporters that the situation was “deeply worrying”.
“We are in the central moment and it’s time to gather for peace,” he said.
“Thousands of people were killed, and hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. We also see a continuous threat of other armed groups, whether congole or foreign. All this has a huge human tribute.”
Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court also said they had carefully monitored the events after a report on the possible war crimes In the battle for Goma.
Rwande President Paul Kagama said on Wednesday that he talked about the situation in the East DC with the head of the European Council Antoni Costa and they “agreed on the need for effective deescalation and resolution of the conflict that … provides permanent peace.”
He and his Drc colleague, Tshiseeked, should attend the Summit of the East African community with eight countries and the 16-member community of southern Africa in the Tanzanian city of Dar-Es-Salaam on Saturday.
The United Nations Human Rights Council should also be convened by a special session of the crisis and discuss solutions to stop violence.
