Thirty-eight new mass graves were discovered in Kasai Province on 4 and 7 July 2017 by a team of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and Congolese military justice in the territories of Kamonia and Diboko, In the province of Kasai, as learned by KINSHASATIMES.CD
According to one of the civilian spokespersons of the UN Mission for the Stability of the DRC (MONUSCO), Théophane Kinda, on 4 and 7 July 2017, the UN Joint Human Rights Office, in conjunction with the prosecution support cell, has supported a joint investigation mission with military justice in the territories of Kamonia and Diboko.
In Diboko, he said, during their joint mission, the team discovered 31 new probable mass graves at four different sites. In Sumbula, seven probable common graves were identified on two different sites. In all, the UNJHRO has already identified 80 mass graves.
However, according to the verbatim, in the Kasai, Kasai Central and Lomami provinces, the security situation remained volatile, as a result of the activism of the militiamen Kamuina Nsapu and the many human rights violations committed in this area, reported in several localities, including those of Mukuanjanga, Yangala and Shimbulungu
« The MONUSCO Force and its Substantive Sections continue to make significant efforts to discourage negative activities and violations of human rights and to ensure the protection of civilian populations », so said the document