M23 rebels killed 319 civilians in east Congo in July, UN rights chief says
Congolese M23 rebels in Kibumba, near Goma, on December 23, 2022. The M23 rebels have killed at least 319 civilians in eastern Congo in July 2025, UN chief says.
The M23 rebels killed at least 319 civilians, including 48 women and 19 children, last month in eastern Congo, Volker Turk, UN high commissioner for human rights, said on Wednesday, citing "first-hand accounts".
The violence in the Rutshuru territory of North Kivu province produced "one of the largest documented death tolls in such attacks since the M23's resurgence in 2022," Turk said in a statement.
