Nairobi, Dec. 3 -- Emotions are still running high after the killing of civilians in Kishishe, in the chiefdom of Bwito, Rutshuru territory, about 100 kilometres from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the Congolese army, 50 civilians were killed by the M23 rebels with the massacre being condemned by various agencies.

In the DRC, the government declared three days of national mourning while the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco) denounced "these appalling acts".

In its statement, Monusco called on "all relevant authorities to investigate without delay and bring the perpetrators to justice".

Amnesty International also reacted by calling on ...