Kinshasa, July 26 (AFP\/APP): At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
On Monday, hundreds of people blocked roads and chanted hostile slogans before storming the UN peacekeeping missions headquarters and a logistical base.<\/p>\n
Protesters smashed windows and looted valuables, while helicopters airlifted UN staff from the premises and security forces fired teargas in a bid to push them back.<\/p>\n
The unrest in Goma continued on Tuesday, with the fatal shooting of a man near the logistical base, an AFP correspondent saw.<\/p>\n
In a tweet, government spokesman Muyaya added that security forces had fired “warning shots” at protesters in Goma to stop attacks on UN personnel.<\/p>\n
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUSCO, is one of the world’s biggest peacekeeping operations.<\/p>\n
But it has regularly come under criticism in the countries troubled east for its perceived inability to stem decades-long bloodshed.<\/p>\n
More than 120 armed groups roam the volatile region, where civilian massacres are common and conflict has displaced millions of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kinshasa, July 26 (AFP\/APP): At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday. On Monday, hundreds of people blocked roads and chanted hostile slogans before storming […]<\/p>\n
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