1 day ago · Further details regarding the jailbreak at Munzenze prison in the city of Goma were not immediately clear. The eastern Congolese city has been seized by the Rwanda-backed militant group M23.

1 day ago · Hundreds of women inmates in Munzenze prison of Congo's Goma were reportedly burnt alive after being raped during the chaos after Rwanda-backed rebel groups entered the Congolese city last week ...

1 day ago · More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Masses of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday ...

1 day ago · Masses of inmates escaped Goma’s Munzenze prison last Monday M23 rebels took over the city - with female prisoners reportedly attacked in their wing before it was set on fire

1 day ago · Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, after fighters from the M23 rebel group began to take over the city. Between 165 and 167 women were assaulted by male inmates during the jailbreak, an internal UN document seen by the BBC says. The report states that most of the women were killed after the inmates set fire to the ...

1 day ago · Mass Jailbreak and Atrocities at Munzenze Prison. During the attack, M23 rebels aided the mass jailbreak from Munzenze prison located in Goma, housing thousands of males and females in jail. According to a senior UN official, thousands of men were able to escape, but the women’s wing of the prison became the scene of brutal violence.

1 day ago · The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, ... “There was a major prison breakout of 4,000 escaped prisoners. A few hundred women ...

1 day ago · According to a senior UN official, the female inmates were assaulted inside the women’s wing of Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak. Vivian van de Perre, deputy head of the UN peacekeeping force based in Goma, reported that while several thousand male prisoners managed to escape, the section housing women was deliberately set on ...

1 day ago · More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, after fighters from the M23 rebel group began to take over the city. An internal UN document seen by ...

Oct 27, 2023 · According to an official source, who wished to remain anonymous, 14 inmates at Munzenze prison died in September and eight in October. Built in the 1950s to accommodate 350 inmates, Goma's...