Fifty mass graves discovered in western DR Congo: UN rights group
Rights group conducted a joint fact-finding mission with local authorities
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Kinshasa: More than 50 mass graves have been identified in western DR Congo after a spate of killings in the region, a UN rights group said on Saturday.
"There are more than 50 mass graves, as well as common and individual graves that we have identified" in Yumbi in western Mai-Ndombe province, said Abdoul Aziz Thioye, director of the UN Human Rights Joint Office (UNJHRO) in DRC.
It conducted a joint fact-finding mission with local authorities.
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