Kiwanja Killings-DRCONGO
Kiwanja Killings
Mbavu, 40, has been burried behind his house by his family. In the area of Buturande the population starts coming back to their home and often find dead bodies of relatives there. They flew the fighting opposing Ma-Ma fighters and CNDP rebels.
An estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja on November 4 and 5, 2008 have been killed - the worst killing spree in North Kivu province in two years. Although UN peacekeepers considered Kiwanja a priority protection zone, they did not have enough peacekeepers or the capacity to stop the killings. Survivors could only run to the UN base half a mile away and cluster outside the fence for protection.
(Human Rights Watch report "Killings in Kiwanja)
