2023 DRC anti-MONUSCO protests
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| 2023 DRC anti-MONUSCO protests | |
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| 2023 Goma massacre Part of the Kivu conflict | |
| Date | August 27, 2023 |
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Anti-MONUSCO protestors
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Uncentralized | |
| Casualties and losses | |
56 protestors killed
67 injured 220+ arrested
1 policeman killed
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The 2023 Goma massacre occurred on August 27, 2023, when a protest erupted in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, against the presence of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) forces across the country. MONUSCO was accused of failing to prevent the violence by militant groups against civilians. Forty-eight protestors were shot dead by Congolese soldiers.[1] The death toll increased to 56 on September 5, 2023, as eight critically injured people died of their wounds.[2]
See also
[edit ]- List of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2021–2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
References
[edit ]- ^ "Deadly crackdown on anti-UN protest in DR Congo's east". i24. 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Two officers arrested over DR Congo crackdown as death toll rises to 56". Al Jazeera. 5 September 2023.
Categories:
- Kivu conflict
- 2023 murders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2020s massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Military history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- United Nations operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2020s in Goma
- 2023 protests
- Protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Massacres of protesters in Africa
- Massacres in 2023
- August 2023 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- August 2023 crimes in Africa