At least 5 killed, 50 injured in anti-U.N. protests in Congo's east
KINSHASA, Congo — At least five people have been killed and about 50 others injured on the second day of demonstrations in Congo’s eastern city of Goma against theDemonstrators on Monday had set fires and forced entry into the U.N. mission offices in Goma, accusing the peacekeeping forces of failing to protect civilians amid rising violence in Congo’s eastern region. They are calling for the U.N. forces, present in Congo for years, to leave.
The government spokesman didn’t say what caused the deaths but described the response by security forces and peacekeepers as “warning shots to disperse the demonstrators and prevent any attack on the @MONUSCO base and installations,” he said on his Twitter account.
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