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The people of Kibati, in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been celebrating after roads reopened, connecting Rutshuru and Goma allowing trucks to pass through packed with products and people stuck in the region due to conflicts
The people of Kibati, in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been celebrating after roads reopened, connecting Rutshuru and Goma allowing trucks to pass through packed with products and people stuck in the region due to conflicts. They rejoiced to be back at home with their kith and kin.
For weeks, these roads were under the control of the M23 group, which led to conflict between the rebels and the coalition of armed civilian protection militia, which have been battling each other in eastern Congo for more than a year. The occupied towns by M23 have a sad story to narrate of poverty, violence, and deprivation. Children and women were the most affected. The UN reported recently that rebels in eastern Congo had killed at least 131 people and inflicted unspeakable violence against civilians.
The M23 rebel group was letting loose violence in Rutshuru territory last month, according to a preliminary investigation by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in Congo and MONUSCO, that led to several atrocities.
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The ongoing conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cost approximately six million lives since 1994. Historians consider this one of the deadliest conflicts in modern world history. The underlying reason for the conflict is the ethnic and geopolitical competition among DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, and various non-state armed groups.The origins of the current violence in the DRC are the massive refugee crisis and spillover from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
