DR Congo : United Nations Calls For Calm

United Nations authorities have called on protesters in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo to stay calm following the opening of investigations to determine the circumstance surrounding the killing of nineteen people in different localities where anti-UN peacekeeping protests were staged in the country. On July 28, 2022 four people protesting against the presence of United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO), were electrocuted in the Congolese city of Uvira when troops fired shots which hit an electric cable that fell on them, the mission and a local official said. The UN says it has no evidence so far that its peacekeepers fired at civilians during three days of protests against its forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Among the nineteen people confirmed dead in the violent clashes are three UN peacekeeping personnel.
On Monday, July 25, 2022 demonstrations erupted in eastern DR Congo with people accusing the UN of failing to contain violence by armed groups. The UN Deputy Special Representative in the country, Kassim Diagne, said investigators have already been sent to help the authorities analyse the bullets that killed the civilians in the towns of Goma and Butembo. Mr Diagne said initial findings however showed that the UN peacekeepers exercised restraint as protesters stormed into their bases and burnt vehicles, offices and looted food stores. The UN Security Council has condemned t...