- Volker Türk, the UN CEO for human rights, said his office “confirmed the cases of abstract of execution of children M23 … We are also aware that children are in possession of weapons.”
- The United Nations Human Rights Council initiated the Commission for the study of the crime that committed both Congolian government forces and rebels since the beginning of the year.
- The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups dealing with the control of the trillion of the Eastern Congo in valuable minerals used in most of the world technology.
The UN Human Rights Chief accused the rebels who supported Rwanda who seized a The second capital in the Eastern Congo killings of children and seizures of hospitals and warehouses in humanitarian aid warehouse.
On Tuesday, Volker Türk said in a statement that his office “confirmed cases of summary of children from M23 after entering the city of Bukava last week. We are also aware that children are in possession of weapons.”
13 UN Peace Forces, Allied Soldiers Dead in Congo as rebels M23 make a gain in a key city
He did not give details or did not apply to certain events, but the UN has previously accused the Congolene Government forces and the rebels for employment of children. IN United Nations Human Rights Council Earlier this month, she launched a commission that would investigate crimes, including rapes and murders, similar to “concise executions” that have committed both sides since the beginning of the year.
The M23 rebels on Sunday caught Bukava, a city of 1.3 million people, after taking away Goma last month, 63 miles in the north. At least 3000 reported were killed and thousands of displaced in the struggle for Goma.
The Red Cross workers clean the area in Bukavu, the second largest city of Eastern Kong, the day after the M23 rebels took it on February 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)
The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups dealing with trillion control in Eastern Congo in mineral wealth that is critical for most of the world technology. The rebels support about 4,000 soldiers from neighboring Rwanda, according to UN experts.
Rwanda accuses Congo of reporting Hutua fighters responsible for the 1994 minority genocide and moderate Hutus. M23 says that he is fighting for the protection of Tuts and Congo from Ruandan from discrimination and wants to turn Congo from the unsuccessful into a modern state – although critics say that this is an excuse for the involvement of Rwanda.
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Unlike 2012, when M23 briefly seized Goma and retired after international pressure, analysts said the rebels were watching political power this time.
A decade of fighting have displaced more than 6 million people in the regioncreating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
The Uganda military official said on Tuesday that the Uganda troops had entered the eastern Congoovo town of Bunia to help the congole army abolished deadly violence by armed ethnic groups.
