Tragedy in the DR Congo

THE WEEK IN RIGHTS | MARCH 30, 2017 Bodies of Two UN Experts Found in DR Congo

Instagram/Zaida Catalán (L); John Sharp (R) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, confirmed this week that the bodies of Zaida Catalán, a Swede, and Michael Sharp, an American, were found by UN peacekeepers in Kasai Central province. The two members of the UN Group of Experts on Congo had been reported missing, along with their Congolese interpreter, Betu Tshintela, a motorbike driver, Isaac Kabuayi, and two unidentified motorbike drivers, on March 12, while investigating large-scale human rights violations in the region. READ MORE »

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