UN says scores of farmers killed in Congo, endangering Trump’s peace

Members of the M23 rebel group in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on February 27, 2025. 

Photo credit: Reuters

An M23 rebel attack on farmers and other civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 169 people earlier this month, a UN body told Reuters, in what would be one of the deadliest incidents since the Rwanda-backed group’s resurgence.

M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa told Reuters it would investigate but the report could be a “smear campaign”.