Congo rebels guilty of cannibalism, says UN
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Your support makes all the difference.A United Nations investigation has confirmed systematic cannibalism, rape, torture and killing by rebels against civilians, including children, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The rebel groups accused of the atrocities include the Congolese Liberation Movement of Jean-Pierra Bemba, one of two insurgent movements promised a leading role in the government under a power-sharing agreement to end the country's war.
Rebels called their terror campaign "Operation Clean the Slate", said Patricia Tome, a spokeswoman for the UN.
In a preliminary report based on a six-day mission to the Ituri province, the investigators cited 117 executions, 65 cases of rape, including the rape of children, 82 kidnappings and 27 cases of torture in a four-day period last year.
"The testimony given was of cannibalism and forced cannibalism," including people made to eat members of their family, Ms Tome said.
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