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The New York Times reported that 44 civilians had been killed by government forces in revenge for the killing of three soldiers by rioters. [4] Port Francqui incident: April 28, 1961: 47 [5] Kindu atrocity: 11 or 12 November 1961: 13 Murders of 13 Italian airmen by soldiers during the Congo Crisis. November 1964: 8+
In March 2023, nine people were killed and several others went missing following the armed attack carried out by ADF terrorists in the Nguli village in the Lubero territory, North Kivu. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In the same month, the rebels took civilians hostage in the village of Katiri in Isale Kasongwere Groupement, in the Beni territory , North Kivu.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
Congo executes 102 ‘urban bandits’ with 70 more set to be killed, officials say. Associated Press. January 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM. ... The death penalty in Congo is a sensitive issue. The country ...
On January 19, 2023, the United Nations investigators discovered the bodies of forty-two civilians in the village of Nyamamba, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and seven bodies in the village of Mbogi, in the same province. The victims were killed over the weekend by suspected CODECO between January 14 and 15.
More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General ...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -At least nine people, including seven children, were killed on Friday in a strike on a displacement camp in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, a ...
According to Radio Okapi, over 122 civilians were killed in Kishishe alone. [24] Among the victims were children and their parents who had sought refuge in the Kishishe Adventist Church ( Église Adventiste de Kishishe ), where at least 60 people were massacred. [ 24 ]