On the eve of a Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quarterly report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplores a sharp increase in violence in the east of the country, with at least 700 civilians murdered by militia groups since December.
"The security situation deteriorated further in the three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a steep surge in violence," the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says in a quarterly report on the situation in the mineral-rich but unstable DRC.
