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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi

Rwandan forces and M23 rebels shelled refugee camps in DRC, report claims

Peoplegathering in a refugee camp
The aftermath of an explosion in a refugee camp near Goma, which the army blamed on rebel group M23. Photograph: Moses Sawasawa/AP

Rwandan forces and M23 rebels have shelled refugee camps and other highly populated areas in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on many occasions this year, Human Rights Watch has claimed.

The NGO also accused the DRC’s armed forces and its allied militias of putting the camps’ residents in danger by stationing their artillery nearby in its report alleging violation of international humanitarian and human rights law in the longstanding war in the central African country.

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