UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance
- Posted on February 7, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body was holding an urgent session on Friday on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city