700 people killed in two years in crimes against "humanitarian crimes" in the Congo

The United Nations has compiled a report stating that at least 700 people have been killed in two years in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa over a long period of ethnic conflict, targeting specific ethnic groups in two years. Was.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, conflicts have been going on for many years due to the rights and ethnic conflicts over abundant underground resources.

Under such circumstances, the OHCHR = United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights finalized a report on the 10th that certain ethnic groups had been persecuted in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with over 700 people killed in the last two years. , About 140 people have been sexually assaulted.

The report also warns that private houses were set on fire and that young children were the target of attacks, and that persecution was planned and widespread. I'm ringing.

Such persecution has displaced approximately 57,000 people as refugees in neighboring Uganda since 2018, and has forced more than 550,000 people to evacuate internally.

The OHCHR calls on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promote ethnic reconciliation policies, strengthen security authorities so that all citizens can live with peace of mind, and conduct investigations against persecuted parties.