Mass graves, missing bodies, and mysticism : Inside Congo’s spiralling Kasai conflict

Congo Finds 10 More Mass Graves in Insurgency-hit Kasai Region

Congolese authorities have identified 10 more mass graves in a region where the military and militia fighters accuse each other of summary executions and burials.

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Kasai in crisis

For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has struggled with one of the world’s most relentless emergencies, in its eastern provinces. But now the central Kasai region is facing an acute crisis: in less than a year, escalating conflict between the Congolese authorities and a local militia known as Kamwina Nsapu, has displaced 1.4 million people.

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Mass graves, missing bodies, and mysticism: Inside Congo’s spiralling Kasai conflict

Piles of disturbed earth covered with nettles and weeds hide the mass graves of Nganza, a neighbourhood in Kananga, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai Central region. Children stroll across them barefoot as if they aren’t even there. A ball rolls over from a nearby football match.

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Rebellion fears grow in eastern Congo

While attention has focused on the raging conflict and humanitarian crisis in Kasai in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, armed opposition groups in the east of the country have stepped up attacks and are threatening to wage all-out war.

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