Rwanda-backed militia abducted at least 130 patients from hospitals in eastern Congo
M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, February 16, 2025
THE Rwanda-backed M23 militia abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo, the United Nations said on Monday.
On February 28, the M23 militia raided the CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital in Goma, a strategic city they seized earlier this year, the UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, said in a statement.
The rebels took 116 patients from CBCA and 15 others from Heal Africa they suspected of being Congolese army soldiers or members of the pro-government Wazalendo militia.
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