3 days ago · As rebels entered the city, Goma’s Munzenze prison became a centre of the violence. It was set on fire, prisoners were burnt alive – and thousands escaped. The UN says female prisoners were ...

4 days ago · Prisoners flee as smoke rises above Munzenze prison in Goma. via X. Vivian Van de Perre, the United Nations’ representative for the DRC, said in a briefing from Goma on Wednesday that the ...

4 days ago · Inmates escaped the Munzenze prison near Goma last Monday, after M23 rebels supported by Rwanda swept in to the area as part of their offensive in the east of the country. Vivian van de Perre ...

6 days 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 ...

5 days ago · Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after a mass jailbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the seizure of a major city by militants. “There was a major prison...

4 days ago · The escape occurred last Monday when fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group launched an attack on the city, leading to chaos inside Munzenze prison. According to an internal UN document seen by the BBC, between 165 and 167 women were sexually assaulted by male inmates before being killed in a fire set by the prisoners.

5 days ago · Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during a mass jailbreak as rebels stormed the Congolese city of Goma last week, according to the United Nations. Masses of inmates escaped Goma’s...

6 days 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.

5 days 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 ...

Jan 26, 2025 · A fire at the city’s Munzenze prison on Monday morning resulted in the escape of thousands of inmates. “All the prisoners who were detained came out, whether women, men or minors, everyone came...