The UN on Tuesday accused the government-backed Bana Mura militia in
Congo of committing horrific crimes in ethnically-motivated attacks in
the past few months, including cutting off toddlers’ limbs and slicing
open pregnant women.
Zeid Al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in
Geneva: “refugees from multiple villages in the Kamonya territory
indicated that the Bana Mura have in the past two months shot dead,
hacked or burned to death.
“They have mutilated, hundreds of villagers, as well as destroying entire villages.
“My team saw children as young as two whose limbs had been chopped off; many babies had machete wounds and severe burns.”
NAN reports that the DRC government rejected an independent
investigation into violence in its Kasai region which has been called
for by Al-Hussein.
The UN Human Rights Council is likely to vote on Thuesday on whether
to authorise such an investigation into violence that has killed
hundreds in central Congo since last August, including two UN experts
who were murdered earlier this year.
“Carrying out an investigation that excludes the Congolese
authorities would be unacceptable. It would be as if we were not an
independent country,” Justice Minister Alexis Mwamba told reporters in
Geneva.
Al-Hussein called on the Council to mandate an investigation after
Congo missed a deadline to agree to investigate alleged massacres
jointly.
Mwamba said: “that would be a pity, for the simple reason that if a
resolution is voted for and doesn’t take us into account, implementing
it will be difficult.
“Do you want experts to go into a foreign country without reporting to the national authorities?
“How will they get visas? How will they get access to the
countryside? The best way would be to go towards a solution that is
acceptable for everyone … If you think you can do the investigation
without us, go ahead.”
NAN reports that the Catholic Church said that 3,383 people have been
killed in the Kasai region since October 2016, when fighting between
Congolese Security Forces and militia members began.
The UN had previously said hundreds died in the violence.
The church report also said DRC’s national army was responsible for destroying 10 villages.
The army’s spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.
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