Displaced people await food distribution in Goma, eastern Congo, in November 2008. Fighting between the rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and government soldiers and their allied militias has led to the displacement of a quarter of a million people and the deaths of hundreds of civilians since late August. © 2008 Marcus Bleasdale/VII

Rebel forces and government-backed militias in Eastern Congo are deliberately killing civilians, Human Rights Watch has found. Last week, at least 50 people were murdered in the town of Kiwanja when government forces and their allies seized the town. Human Rights Watch says the international community must do more to protect civilians in North Kivu Province. Jessie Graham reports.
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Audio Commentary:

Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher Anneke Van Woudenberg gives her prescription for ending abuses against civilians in Eastern Congo. This audio essay aired on the BBC World Service Radio show "The World Today" on on November 10, 2008.
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Testimony:

Testimony from a teacher whose school was attacked in Eastern Congo. He’s one of 250,000 people who have been displaced by recent fighting.

"They came to the school and chased us, hit people, killed people and looted everything in the school, including the documents. Now we are refugees. We’ve gathered all of the children who escaped here."
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