Kiwanja Killings-DRCONGO
Kiwanja Killings
Ajeni, 47, cries her lost son, Claude, 16, who has been killed while trying to cross the frontline. In the area of Mabungo the population is not back yet. 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)
