Thousands of demonstrators joined several peaceful marches in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to protest against the increasing violence and insecurity in its Eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, rich of mineral resources attracting foreign interests.The marches were called by the local Catholic Bishops’ Conference after an extraordinary General Assembly in early November.
Congolese authorities are blaming Rwanda and Uganda for sponsoring rebel movements in these areas, namely the terrorist movement 23 March , and of using them to steal the country’s minerals. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has always denied these accusations, and tensions between Kigali and Kinshasa are running high.
The EU has been further criticized by many quarters after the European Parliament adopted a controversial assistance measure worth €20 million last week to support the continued deployment of Rwanda military forces in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado to fight islamist militias operating in that province..
The current crisis broke out a year ago when the M23 militants conquered large parts of North Kivu, and Ugandan troops were deployed to the province to fight the the Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces. The group has been perpetrating massacres against civilians, the latest of which occurred on 29 November in the village of Kishishe, about 70 kilometres from North Kivu's capital Goma.
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