The Envoys to the Great Lakes region deeply concerned by the recent killings in eastern DRC

29 Nov 2014

The Envoys to the Great Lakes region deeply concerned by the recent killings in eastern DRC

Nairobi, 29 November 2014 – The team of Special Envoys to the Great Lakes region of Africa is outraged and deeply concerned by a spate of civilian massacres that has taken place in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly around the town of Beni, in North Kivu province. The latest of these gruesome attacks were carried out last week. Some 100 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed on 20 November, bringing the number of victims to more than 200 since mid-October.