The DRC has admitted for the first time that local officials played a role in sparking the slaughter of hundreds of people last December.
Johannesburg – The Democratic Republic of Congo has finally admitted for the first time that local officials played a role in sparking the slaughter of hundreds of people last December.
"What happened in Yumbi in December 2018 is not a source of pride for my country," DRC Human Rights Minister Marie-Ange Mushobekwa said in Geneva on Tuesday as she addressed the UN human rights council following the publication of a UN investigation carried out from January 17 to 26.The atrocities were perpetrated by the Batende using military-style tactics, with some of their members dressed in army fatigues, on the Banunu community over a land dispute.
According to some sources members of the armed forces and local authorities were involved in the bloody assault which also appeared to be well planned before it was carried out.
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