UN Human Rights wants accountability for the extreme scale of suffering of civilians in the DRC [SOUND]

# The United Nations Human Rights Office says the offensive launched by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January, has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis. Over seven-thousand people have died in fighting in the east of the DRC since M23 started renewed advances. UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, says any plans for sustainable peace must tackle the root causes of the conflict, including the illegal exploitation of the national wealth that lies in natural resources: