Congolese army soldiers man a checkpoint on a road leading into the Provincial city of Goma on November 9, 2008. Government forces went on a rampage of looting and rape against civilians on Tuesday, the UN said, amid warnings of "humanitarian black holes" opening up in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)
UN Sounds Alarm Over DR Congo Forces' Looting,
Rapes -- Yahoo News/AFP
Rapes -- Yahoo News/AFP
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) – Government forces went on a rampage of looting and rape against civilians on Tuesday, the UN said, amid warnings of "humanitarian black holes" opening up in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Soldiers of the FARDC (Armed Forces of DR Congo) have been engaged since yesterday (Monday) evening in looting and acts of brutality against the civilian population in the Kanyabayonga area," 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of regional capital Goma, MONUC spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich said.
Violence against civilians had spread to the towns of Kaina and Kirumba further north, and continued into the early afternoon Tuesday, the UN Mission in DR Congo spokesman said.
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