The militias have been destabilizing the Great Lakes region for years!

UN implicated in war crimes in Congo: HRW
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:02:37 GMT

A top human rights group says the UN mission in Congo
(MONUC) has done nothing to stop Congolese troops from
killing civilians in the east of the country.

Human Rights Watch said in a report that the UN peacekeeping
force in the area did nothing to stop the soldiers from
decapitating men and raping young girls.

"MONUC's continued willingness to provide support for such
abusive military operations implicates them in violations of
the laws of war," the report stated.

The group has accused the Congolese military of killing more
than 500 civilians over the past few months in the region.

"Some Congolese army soldiers are committing war crimes by
viciously targeting the very people they should be
protecting."

In the eastern Congo, the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army
(LRA) and Hutu extremists of the Democratic Front for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have caused untold suffering for
thousands of civilians.

Congo launched an offensive in January against the militias,
which have been destabilizing the Great Lakes region for
years. Some of the guerillas even participated in the 1994
Rwanda genocide.

The eastern Congo has experienced interminable cycles of
violence since the war began in 1998. The conflict has
dragged on for over a decade and left over 5.4 million
people dead.

JR/HGL

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