cross has recovered the bodies of victims killed amid the recent clashes. day. of dr congo's capital, kinshasa in control of the eastern city of goma. on saturday the president of neighbouring burundi warned and advocacy specialist shelley thakral. shelley, thank you so much for being with us here on bbc news. i understand that you are helping civilians from kinshasa. what are you seeing on the ground? desperate stories from people. they've been cut off from food, from water, from medicines. and these are already people who are facing health issues in the east of the country — measles, cholera, mpox epidemic. so these are tough times for people. i think people are just really trying to catch their breath and think about, you know, when can i go and get supplies? we heard from one mother this week who told us, just don't know where the food is, whether the water is safe enough to drink." since the start of the year. of people, from a humanitarian aid perspective? well, this is what we do. i think what we're worried about right now is some than iokm, 15km away from the provincial capital. i thin

camps, taking part in the genocide 2 years before to say over through the government in the capital kinshasa that led to 2 major was during, in about 2000 and african countries, about 6000000 people were killed mostly by starvation and disease. the problems that persist, rewind, during you can do with being accused of meddling and come go losing minerals ever since. you and investigators say this time m 23 supported by thousands of rwanda. and so just for one to says it has the right to defend itself. and $23.00 says is fighting the groups. he threatened the ethnic group of its leaders. congo, says rwanda's looting it, some fost minimal. well. and 23 took control of these colton mines involved the last. yeah. rwanda's minimal expos have doubled in the last 2. yes. from 23 last to the camera in 2012 us and european countries caught funding and military support to run the condos on me eventually for 1023 back to the board with rwanda, it's substantial international support congress. all me is we can now, i'm rwanda's is stronger to you and and western powers have cooled, rewind, to withdraw it

c. capital kinshasa storing the embassies upper london, several western countries. on to the m. 23 militant group captures the key city of goma, killing for 750 people in the process. the base is our team for nashville. let's get into the stories that shape the weak plus this some of these big developments to welcome to the news our of the russian that human rights commissioner has demanded international condemnation of saturdays at color school in the countries press region. moscow has opened a criminal case against a ukrainian army officer accused of ordering a missile strike on the civilian building. the number of victims has not been confirmed, but dozens are feared that the ukrainian armed forces coming to the war, crying by launching a target dismissal strike on board the school in the city of sewage up the loans you'll find them in miss solves from the some we reach in both re quoted by boston, that defense systems. this pro location is aimed at distracting the world public from the atrocities of the key. if we see which we are committed to attend the village

reportedly moving to another city in the east because who on to pledge to reach the country's capital kinshasa, the state governments is called the takeover a declaration of war or blaming lawanda for biking and 23. we had one emotional account from a local woman whose family has been impacted. so that's why the muscles child. when i saw that she was dead, i said, lord, what am i going to do? the some 23 will came for me and goma. the neighbors went to try to recover his body and then they fight us through another phone. so he remains alone in the road . i was in the house and i didn't even have the strength to go and get him. so i stayed with his brothers crying. i so bodies text like bags of rice from the world food program at the hospital they were arranged like says some people would you move them faulty by body. and then you can go and look, we had a hard time watching the quote to you out of the general hospital was completely full. were un humanitarian entities, a ringing the alarm about food and water shortages, threatening allies of thousands trying to feed conflict. and was also para

now reportedly moving to another and eastern city to cover on a pledge to reach the country's capital kinshasa. the d r. c. government has called but take over a declaration of war. blaming rolanda for barking. b m 23. for un humanitarian groups or warning about food and water shortages, printing the lines of follows is trying to flee the d r. c. conflict. the war has also paralyzed the basic services of age. monitoring. how being goma comes for displace people on the cities might skirts of the area, has been serving as a shelter for hundreds of thousands of refugees, some of whom were forced to flee their homes in previous waves of fighting done the years, experts from the day or so he told us some western states, or i'm the central african countries resources and that the can you possible give us. so we think that what is at the origin of this war is how well we have a country rich in minerals and land. we are victims of foreign powers, the west and those who use were one to through the m 23 to attack us. they found out that the best way to plunder our wealth is to impose this war on us. wha

this is because who has pledged that they will reach the countries capital kinshasa the all state governments is called the take a declaration of war or blaming lawanda for backing m 23. we've been hearing an emotional account from a low for women whose family was impacted. that's a long way to for my fulton child. when i saw that she was dead, i said, lord, what am i going to do? the some 23 will came for me and go my the neighbors went to try to recover his body and then defy just through another phone. so he remained alone in the road. i was in the house and i didn't even have the strength to go and get him. so i stayed with his brothers crying. i saw bodies tucked like bags of rice from the world food program. at the hospital they were arranged like says some people would remove them all to buy body and then you can go and look, we had a hard time watching the quote to you out of the general hospital was completely full. what do you in humanitarian entities, all ringing the alarm? this is about food and water shortages, threatening the lives of thousands trying to flee that the conflict,

they are now claiming that they will march towards the capital kinshasa. the fighting has cost a document. each area in crisis with locals wanting about disrupted food supplies to the region. the union at the definitely the warren goma has ruined our trade or we used to buy our goods and go much to sell them here. and now everything has increased drastically. those who still have stocks of food have raised their prices . so gabby died me and i've been coming here to buy my products for years. but today it's chaos. there is almost nothing available, not even onions, which we used to find in abundance. fruits to of becoming hard to find all of this came from guidelines and now we are completely stuck fees. we used to get them from government, but today nothing arrives here because we are entirely dependent on government. this will, has power lost everything, and our lives are now on such. and now in the meantime, on voice from the d. r. c. and rwanda treated accusations during the session of the un human human rights counseling geneva, the life of this demo,

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