M23 urged to stop targeting civilians as 50 killed in east DRC

Congolese refugees flee due to fighting

Congolese refugees flee due to fighting between M23 rebels and DRC government forces. There has been a rise in the killing of civilians in eastern DR Congo. PHOTO | NICHOLAS KAJOBA | ANADOLU AGENCY VIA AFP

Emotions are still running high after the killing of civilians in Kishishe, in the chiefdom of Bwito, Rutshuru territory, about 100 kilometres from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the Congolese army, 50 civilians were killed by the M23 rebels with the massacre being condemned by various agencies.