The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has decided to resume capital executions. Executions will resume in particular against soldiers guilty of treason and the perpetrators of “urban banditry leading to the death of men” It comes shortly after new offensives by the M23 rebels ( “March 23 Movement” ), supported by units of the Rwandan army, in the Goma region (east) Security sources in the east of the DRC told AFP that "public executions of soldiers" accused of "collaborating with the enemy" would already be planned.