2023 DRC anti-MONUSCO protests
2023 Goma massacre
Part of the Kivu conflict
DateAugust 27, 2023
Location
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Goals
  • Withdrawal of MONUSCO from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Methods
Parties
Anti-MONUSCO protestors
Lead figures

Uncentralized

Casualties and losses
56 protestors killed
67 injured
220+ arrested
1 policeman killed

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 forces across the country, 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Deadly crackdown on anti-UN protest in DR Congo's east". i24. 1 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Two officers arrested over DR Congo cracdown as death toll rises to 56". Al Jazeera. 5 September 2023.
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