Special report on grave human rights abuses commited in Kiwanja, North Kivu, in Nov. 2008

The investigation conducted by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) from November 2008 to the beginning of January 2009 into the Kiwanja killings of 5 November 2008, indicates that after the intense fighting between Mayi Mayi combatants and the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) had ended and the Mayi Mayi had retreated from Kiwanja, CNDP elements conducted targeted and reprisal killings of the villagers, mainly young men whom they suspected of being either members or collaborators of the Mayi Mayi.

Date of publication: 9 September 2009

Original language: English