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Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 2, 2023 - A military court sentenced a DR Congo army officer to death and handed 10-year prison terms to three others Monday over the August killing of more than 50 protesters in the eastern city of Goma.
On 30 August, elite troops slaughtered over 50 civilians planning to protest perceived foreign interference in the eastern DR Congo, three months ahead of elections. The government has asked the UN for an “accelerated” withdrawal. Crisis Group experts Richard Moncrieff and Onesphore Sematumba explain the stakes.
The trial of six Congolese soldiers, including two senior officers, arrested after the repression of a demonstration that left around fifty dead on August 30, began Tuesday in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - Six soldiers faced a military tribunal Tuesday in DR Congo over the killing of nearly 50 people in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in the east of the country.
Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, the facilitator of the peace talks in eastern DR Congo, held a meeting on Wednesday in Goma, in the heart of the conflict zone, at the end of which he reiterated a call to a "peaceful resolution" of the crisis.