UN 'appalled' by massacre of civilians in eastern DR Congo

Displaced people walk around their shelters in Kanyaruchinya on December 5, 2022 looking for food for their families. Tens of thousands of people who fled clashes between the M23 and the Congolese army are now camped along the roadside in makeshift tents on the outskirts of Goma. PHOTO | AFP

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  • M23 rebels last month massacred at least 131 civilians in the DR Congo's volatile east and committed more than two dozen rapes, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country said on Thursday