Kisangani, August 3rd, 2025 (CPA).- The international recognition of the Congolese Genocost has been requested by the interim governor of Tshopo Province, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a commemorative ceremony held on Saturday at the cemetery where the victims of the six-day war in Kisangani, chief town of the province, are buried. The acting governor of Tshopo province in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo called for international recognition of the Congolese Genocost during a commemorative ceremony held on Saturday at the cemetery for victims of the six-day war in Kisangani, the provincial capital. ‘I urge all the inhabitants of Tshopo and all Congolese to recognise this day as a global day of remembrance, just like other genocides in history,’ has declared the acting governor of Tshopo province, Didier Lomoyo Iteku. And he added: ‘Nothing can explain the barbarity of foreign armies in the martyred city of Kisangani except their thirst to control our natural resources. Our children have been buried alive for being Congolese.’
Commemoration of GENOCOST seen as a testament to unity in Ituri
The commemoration of the Congolese Genocide for Economic Gain (Genocost) is recognised as an essential testimony to the reconstruction of a just society in the province of Ituri, located in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has affirmed on Saturday the head of a specialised state structure during a ceremony. ‘The commemoration of Genocost is considered as an essential testimony to unity, aimed at rebuilding a more just and peaceful society, both in the province of Ituri and throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo,’ has declared the provincial coordinator of the National Fund for the Reparation of Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Victims of Crimes against Peace and Security of Humanity (FONAREV), Xavier Macky.