Conflitto sanguinoso in Congo: migliaia di profughi e tanti morti!

Conflitto sanguinoso in Congo: migliaia di profughi e tanti morti!

There is an alarming situation in eastern Congo following the brutal capture of the strategically important city of Goma by the M23 rebels at the end of January. Questa violenza ha già provocato circa 3.000 morti e centinaia di migliaia di sfollati. Dr. Bachmann from Doctors Without Borders describes the conditions as “dystopian” and emphasizes that many people, including humanitarian workers, did not have enough time to reach safety. Le infrastrutture mediche a Goma e Minova sono state notevolmente danneggiate dai combattimenti, limitando gravemente le cure per i sopravvissuti. Anche l’elettricità è crollata, mettendo a repentaglio l’accesso alle comunicazioni e all’acqua Piccolo giornale riportato.

La situazione potrebbe peggiorare ulteriormente poiché i ribelli minacciano chiaramente di avanzare verso il capoluogo di provincia Bukavu, 200 chilometri a sud di Goma. Hopes for a ceasefire have so far remained unfulfilled, while international calls for compliance with international humanitarian law are urgently needed. The civilian population is suffering from attacks, forced recruitment and sexual violence, with Doctors Without Borders facing enormous challenges in their humanitarian work, it is reported. However, the Congolese government is taking a confrontational approach to the crisis and has rejected direct talks with the M23 and instead hired private military companies, which is further inflaming tensions, they said taz.

Die Ursachen diese Konflikts sind tief in den Rohstoffinteressen verwurzelt, wobei Ruanda verdächtigt wird, die Rebellen zu unterstützen, um an die wertvollen Bodenschätze des Kongo zu gelangen. Die internationalen Spannungen um die Region und die Rolle Ruandas geben Anlass zu ernsthaften Bedenken, wobei der Fokus auf dem Schutz der Zivilbevölkerung und der Aufruf zur Rückkehr zu friedlichen Verhandlungen liegen sollte.