Kinshasa, April 19th, 2025 (CPA) – The human rights situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prey to atrocities by the Rwandan army, has been announced as the subject of a mission by the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH-RDC) to Rabat, Morocco, official sources said on Saturday. “I’m in Rabat, Morocco, to discuss the human rights situation in the eastern part of the country and in the Great Lakes region,” said Paul Nsapu, President of the CNDH-RDC, who is on a three (3)-day mission in the Cherifian kingdom.
But before Morocco, President Paul Nsapu also carried out a three (3) day service mission in Bujumbura, Burundi, to exchange views with CNDH Burundi officials, notably on the human rights situation of displaced Congolese in this neighboring country, following the occupation of the towns of Goma and Bukavu, respectively in the provinces of North and South Kivu, by the Rwandan army and its supporters of the Movement of March 23rd and the Alliance River Congo (M23-AFC). “Paul Nsapu took part in an exchange meeting with CNDH-Burundi officials”, according to a source. Last March, the President of the CNDH-RDC carried out an initial mission to Burundi. This was to assess whether the human rights of people displaced by the war of aggression in the east of the country were being respected in the refugee camps where they had been placed, notably in the city of Bujumbura. He had drawn attention to the precarious situation of these displaced Congolese in Burundi, and promised to return to see if conditions had improved. ACP/