The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has announced that he is reopening an investigation in Congo, concentrating on claims of crimes committed in the east of the central African country since early 2022 in the war-torn province of North Kivu.
The ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan stated that more than 120 armed factions have long occupied Eastern Congo, some of which commit mass murder in their quest for a piece of the region’s wealth, including gold.
As a result, almost 7 million people are displaced, many of whom are inaccessible to relief, making this one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in history.
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M23 has been the most active rebel group, rising to prominence more than a decade ago when its fighters seized Goma, eastern Congo’s major city on the Rwandan border.
It takes its name from a peace agreement signed on March 23, 2009, that it accuses the Congolese government of failing to fulfill.
In August, battles between rebels and…