New Phase of Lawlessness Grips Congo’s Kasaï Region
Luke Dennison — In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s southern Kasaï region, the mass graves and massacres of 2017 have given way to general insecurity marked by banditry, military abuses, and – after two years of poor harvests – hunger and malnourishment. Conflict erupted in Kasaï towards the end of 2016 as a new anti-government […]
DR Congo: Bodies of Two UN Experts Found, 4 Congolese Still Missing
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, confirmed on March 28, 2017, that the bodies of Zaida Catalán, a Swede, and Michael Sharp, an American, were found by UN peacekeepers near Bunkonde in Kasai Central province on March 27. The two members of the UN Group of Experts on Congo […]
Democratic Republic of Congo Govt Orders Probe Into Massacre Videos
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an investigation into possible abuses by security forces in the Kasai region. Conflict has been intensifying in that part of the country in the past six months but a video posted online late last week drew international attention. The undated video appears to show Congolese […]
