Militias in the hills, corpses in the streets: Congo city’s deadly new reality
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group controls Bukavu in eastern DR Congo, where law and order have collapsed. Nightly violence by armed gangs, ex-prisoners, and militias terrorizes residents. Despite territorial gains, M23 struggles to govern and faces local resistance. The city, seized mid-February, sees daily discoveries of bodies. While daytime offers a semblance of normalcy, nights are filled with fear as residents barricade themselves indoors.
