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Massacre in Kiwanja

Following Ole’s recent post, it seems necessary to mention the massacre that occurred just over a month ago in Kiwanja, North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The N.Y. Times reports that: ‘In little more than 24 hours, at least 150 people would be dead, most of them young men, summarily executed by the rebels last month as they tightened their grip over parts of eastern Congo, according to witnesses and human-rights investigators.’ The acts were allegedly committed by Laurent Nkunda’s rebel forces. This massacre is exacerbated by the fact that ‘a contingent of about 100 United Nations peacekeepers…