140 Villagers Killed by M23 in DR Congo: Human Rights Watch

The DRC government and the M23 rebels missed an Aug. 18 deadline to reach an agreement at U.S.-brokered peace talks in Qatar.

An undated photograph of a member of the M23 rebel group walking on the outskirts of Matanda, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Rebels allegedly backed by Rwanda killed at least 140 people in eastern Congo (DRC) in July, nonprofit organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated in a report published on Aug. 20.

HRW stated that the civilians, mostly ethnic Hutus, were “summarily executed” by M23 rebels in 14 villages in North Kivu Province in the east of the Central African country.