Isabel, 32, watched the rebels stove in their skulls. The mortar turned red, overflowing with blood. Six children, said Isabel, were pummelled to death on 4 April 2024.
Their collective testimony confirms an ongoing calamity that humanitarians hoped might never happen. The DRC has entered a bleak new chapter with rates of rape far higher than ever recorded.
Instead, the M23 is backed and armed by one of the west's most cherished and increasingly indispensable allies on the continent. Rwanda has wooed the west, particularly the UK.
It's shocking and frustrating that sanctions against Rwanda are absent despite their facilitation of conflict in the Congo; this dual narrative creates a complex geopolitical situation.
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