REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti DAKAR, June 17 (Reuters) – Security has deteriorated in two provinces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the government placed them under military rule last year, U.N. experts said on Friday. Dozens of militias have remained active in North Kivu and Ituri since the end of a major regional war in 2003. “Despite a state of siege … the security and humanitarian situation in the two provinces deteriorated,” said a report submitted by the U.N. Group of Experts on Congo to the Security Council. According to data from Kivu Security Tracker, which maps violence in eastern Congo, the ADF was responsible for 1,050 violent deaths in 2021, up from 599 in 2020. He has previously denied the state of siege has been a failure, pointing to successes on the battlefield.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 17, 2022 13:39 UTC