Jean-Jacques Purusi

Force in Play

Said in September 2026 that 344 bodies were found in three opened graves and 110 sites identified; vowed in November that Uvira would not fall.

Congolese authorities have now opened three mass graves in Uvira and counted more than 344 bodies, up from the 171 reported in two sites in February. A military prosecutor has identified about 110 grave sites across the Uvira area, most still unopened.

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