"The terrible legacy of the 2nd Congo War"
Mass Killings carried out on the people of the DR Congo
In December 1998, to January 2, 1999, people were massacred in the small village of Makobola, located in the south of Uvira territory, South Kivu Province, eastern DRC, more than 700 people were killed in a massacre, predominantly from the Bembe ethnic group. The killing was perpetrated by Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD). The armed group was primarily of Banyamulenge and backed by Rwanda and Uganda.
KASIKA located in the Lwindi Chiefdom in the Mwenga Territory in south Kivu province, DRC. Lwindi is the area ruled by the so-called King of Kings, King Nalwindi Kinyabwami, and his successors, before the arrival of the Belgian colonialists in the 19th century. All the kings/princes across the east of Congo including, Cyangugu, Bugarama, Gisenyi, Now part Rwanda's territory , as well as Gatumba's territory now part of Burundi were related to this kingdom.
In August 1998, the Tutsi Rwandan forces in DRC perpetrated the terrible massacre commemorated in the memorial in this picture. 1,000 civilians were massacred majority of people were women, sexual violence, terror were also used as a weapon to destroy the community and it's customs. Some were burned alive, others were tortured and mutilated with machetes by the tutsi Rwandan forces in DR Congo, along with their allies the Banyamulenge. The traditional King and leader of Lwindi, Kasika Mwami François Mubeza III, was also killed together with his wife, his wife was pregnant with twins, was disembowelled some members of the of the royal court and more than 100 others, including Catholic sisters and priests were also killed.