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At least three UN peacekeepers and at least 12 demonstrators are killed in escalating anti-UN protests in eastern DR Congo. French President Emmanuel Macron says that his country will open colonial archives on Cameroon to shed light upon the painful era. He's in Yaounde at the start of a tour of Central Africa aimed at further resetting relations with the continent. 

Several peacekeepers, civilians killed as deadly anti-UN protests spread in DR Congo
France 24
Three United Nations peacekeepers and at least 12 demonstrators have been killed in escalating anti-UN protests in eastern DR Congo, ...

DR Congo protests: Ten die in fresh anti-UN demonstrations - BBC News
BBC
At least 10 people have died during protests against a UN peacekeeping force in Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police say. · Seven of the ...
 


At least 15 killed as anti-UN protests spread in eastern DR Congo - Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
UN soldiers from the peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) take position at a looted warehouse at the UN facilities ...
 


At least 15 killed as anti-U.N. protests flare in east Congo | Reuters
Reuters
... day of violent anti-United Nations protests in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern cities of Goma and Butembo on Tuesday, authorities said.
 


At least five dead as anti-United Nations protests rock Democratic Republic of Congo - CNN
CNN
... second day of violent anti-United Nations protests in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a government spokesman said.
 

Photos: Anti-MONUSCO protests in DR Congo's Goma turn violent - Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Photos: Anti-MONUSCO protests in DR Congo's Goma turn violent · Protesters are angry over the UN mission's failure to stem violence in country's east.
 


DR Congo: At least 5 killed during anti-UN protests in Goma | News | DW | 26.07.2022
DW
A government spokesman in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed the deaths. Dozens more were injured after protesters blocked roads and ...
 

UN Peacekeepers, Congolese Civilians Killed in Violent Protests
July 26, 2022 3:41 PM

Margaret Besheer | VOA News


  Congolese protesters scale the perimeter wall of the compound of United Nations peacekeeping force's warehouse in Goma, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, July 26, 2022.
UNITED NATIONS — Photo credit: Reuters

The United Nations said that three of its peacekeepers were killed in ongoing anti-U.N. protests that turned violent in eastern Congo on Tuesday, while several civilians were also killed in the violence.

"At the MONUSCO Butembo base today, violent attackers snatched weapons from Congolese police and fired upon our uniformed personnel," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York.

MONUSCO is the acronym for the U.N. Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Protesters in Butembo, in the eastern province of North Kivu, accuse the U.N. of having failed to protect them from an escalation of violence from armed groups.

"Our quick reaction forces are on high alert and have been advised to exercise maximum restraint, using tear gas to disperse protesters and only firing warning shots when U.N. personnel or property are under attack," Haq said. "Some assistance to protect facilities is being received from the Congolese armed forces."

 

Photo credit: Reuters: A United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeeper rides on a helicopter above the compound of U.N. peacekeeping force's warehouse in Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, July 26, 2022.

He said one military peacekeeper and two U.N. police were killed, and another was injured.

India's external affairs minister said on Twitter that two Indian peacekeepers were among the dead.

A Moroccan peacekeeper was also identified among those killed, according to multiple wire news outlets.

Diplomats said that India, which is a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has requested a closed meeting Tuesday evening to discuss the escalating violence.

U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix is in Mali this week and Haq said he would continue on to the DRC in light of the situation.

In North Kivu's capital city of Goma, angry protesters tried to breach the U.N. Development Program's offices.