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Summary killings, human-rights abuses surge in eastern DRC (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has said summary killings in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) soared in August, driven by armed groups but also security forces.

In a new conference in the DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, on Wednesday, the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO said 739 cases of breach of human rights were recorded last month, compared with 492 in July.

Summary killings, human-rights abuses surge in eastern DRC | United Nations News | Al Jazeera