February 4, 2025
REMAPSEN’s President Bamba Youssouf, has expressed concern over the clashes and killings in the DRC, over the past weeks.
A statement signed by the President, over the weekend, expressed dismay over the clashes in eastern DRC, which has caused a heavy losses of human lives.
The statement expressed that vas a body engaged in the promotion of health and the environment, REMAPSEN remains strongly attached to life and cannot ignore the hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries in the DRC.
REMAPSEN however, condemns these killings and supports the valiant people of the DRC, one of the most productive countries of REMAPSEN.
“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,” the statement said.
It is recalled that in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), fighting between Rwanda-backed rebel group; M23 and government forces in the last two weeks, has led to the killings of hundreds of civilians, women and children mostly affected.
Thousands have also fled into the bushes as the rebel overran and captured mineral-rich Goma region and advance to the DRC capital, Kinshasha as health system shut down in parts of the country.
By Aisha Ahmed
