Protesters in Congo are calling for UN MONUSCO forces, one of the world's largest peacekeeping missions, to leave, accusing the UN peacekeepers of failing to protect them from deadly attacks, DW’s Silja_Frh reports.
Calm had returned to the streets of Goma on Thursday after three days of violent anti-UN demonstrations in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that the forcible entry and looting of UN bases across the region"may constitute a war crime." Mapendo Kusudi, a human rights activist, told DW on Monday that the UN was responsible for some of the deaths after shooting into the crowds at protests in Goma. The Reuters news agency also reported that witnesses said peacekeepers had used live rounds to quell demonstrations.
He said the UN was calling for a joint investigation of the civilian deaths along with the Congolese government, including an examination of the bullets. "Some sources say MONUSCO contingent shot the protesters," he said."Other sources say the DRC police and the army shot protesters." Adding to the population's frustration is a recent statement by a top MONUSCO official saying M23 is too well-equipped for DR Congo's armed forces and the UN mission to defeat.
MONUSCO faces some serious operational challenges, said Nick Elebe, the DR Congo country manager for the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, who is based in the capital, Kinshasa.Elebe said there would need to be greater collaboration between Congolese organizations and UN authorities in order for it to be more effective.
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