REMAPSEN condemns unrest in DRC: calls for peace

The African Media Network for the Promotion of Health and the Environment, REMAPSEN, a non – non-governmental organization, has expressed dismay at the killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC.

Describing the country as one of the most productive countries of REMAPSEN, the President of the organization, Bamba Youssouf, noted that, because REMAPSEN remains strongly attached to life, it cannot ignore the hundreds of deaths and thousands of those injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, describing it as barbaric.

In a statement signed by the President at the weekend, he says, ” We have a special thought for all our colleagues from the DRC who are members of REMAPSEN, whether at the central, regional, or national levels ” We pray for a rapid and definitive return of peace in all parts of this great country, the DRC ” 

It will be recalled that, for weeks, there had been clashes in Eastern DRC, causing heavy losses of human life.

Fighting between Rwanda-backed rebel group; M23 and government forces led to the killings of hundreds of civilians, women, and children mostly affected.

Thousands have also fled into the bushes as the rebels overran and captured the mineral-rich Goma region and advanced to the DRC capital, Kinshasha as the health system shut down in parts of the country.

Julie Ekong