Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city

Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during the chaos after a Rwandan-backed rebel group entered the Congolese city of Goma last week.

The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, according to a senior UN official.

The deputy head of the UN peacekeeping force based in Goma, Vivian van de Perre, said that while several thousand men managed to escape from the prison, the area reserved for women was set on fire.

Images taken shortly after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels reached the centre of Goma reveal vast plumes of black smoke rising from the prison on the morning of 27 January.

  • eldaviEnglish
    515·
    4 hours ago

    the interview with the rwandan president was eye opening; he feigned ignorance and it was just as transparent as the biden’s administration’s feigned ignorance of the genocide.

    • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      101·
      3 hours ago

      biden’s administration’s feigned ignorance of the genocide.

      Would that be feigned ignorance of the conversion of Gaza to a shiny new Riviera?

      It wasn’t ‘feigned’…

      • eldaviEnglish
        210·
        3 hours ago

        that’s trump and; to his credit and unlike biden; he’s not feigning anything about his intentions when it comes to gaza.

          • BrainInABoxEnglish
            22·
            3 hours ago

            A genocide denier and a homophobe. You people are supposed to be better than Trump how exactly?

          • eldaviEnglish
            24·
            3 hours ago

            lol… i haven’t heard that one since the election; thanks for the laugh, i needed that today.

      • eldaviEnglish
        37·
        3 hours ago

        the damage he’s done doesn’t magically go away once he leaves office and it’s also the most recent example of an administration clearly lying to the public; try paying attention and giving a shit about your fellow human beings.

          • BrainInABoxEnglish
            23·
            3 hours ago

            So far Trump has been better for Palestinians than Biden/Harris, you just didn’t realize because you spent the previous fifteen months as a genocide denier, and you only care now because of who’s doing it, not because you actually care about Palestinians.

              • BrainInABoxEnglish
                11·
                3 hours ago

                Sorry that facts turn you into a homophobic child. You realize you just admitted that you care more about blue team vs red team than you do about Palestinian lives right?

          • eldaviEnglish
            33·
            3 hours ago

            why is it so hard to understand that this was always the end goal for both trump and harris; the only difference is that trump says it out loud where as harris hopes that you don’t notice.

            history has proven that capitalist empires will always displace natives of any region it has dominance as evidenced by the native american; canada’s first nations; australia’s aboriginals; south africa’s apartheid; the sikes-picot agreement; etc.

            the only way you can truly give a shit for all marginalized communites everywhere; especially the palestinians; is to stop supporting the people who are genociding and displacing them. until then, you’re merely helping perpetuate this cycle of misery while patting yourself in the back because harris didn’t outright say it.

    • geneva_convenienceOP
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Can you link it? Have not heard much of who is backing the Rwandan attackers either.