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Kinshasa calls for UN action on alleged massacre

    NAIROBI

    The Kinshasa government's Ambassador to the UN, Andre Mwamba Kapanga, has formally complained to the UN Security Council about the alleged massacre of 15 Congolese women by Rwandan troops in "the occupied eastern territory of the DRC" between 15 and 22 November. In a letter to the Security Council, Kapanga said Rwandan troops buried alive 13 named and two unnamed
    women in the villages of Bulinzi, Bongombe and Ngando, in Mwenga District, South Kivu province. Media reports have linked the alleged massacre to the women's supposed collaboration with Mayi-Mayi fighters who are in conflict with Rwandan forces and their Congolese rebel allies in eastern DRC.

    "Since the beginning of the war several massacres have been committed with impunity," Kapanga stated, in calling for the Council to "investigate these violations of international humanitarian law ... and to take steps to bring their perpetrators to justice."

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