AuthorDelphin R. Ntanyoma

Name: The UN is under attack in eastern Congo. But DRC elites are also to blame for the violence
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Description: By 26 July 2022, at least 15 people had died, including UN peacekeepers, as demonstrators stormed and burnt the mission’s bases in Goma, Butembo and Uvira. They accused the 22-year-old mission of failing to stop decades of fighting in the country.

Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma is a PhD Visiting Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies. He holds a PhD from the Erasmus University Rotterdam/Institute of Social Studies (ISS). His research in South and North-Kivu focuses on Micro-level Analysis of Violent Conflict with an interest in understanding violence targeting minority groups. The researcher runs an online Blog (The Eastern Congo Tribune: www.easterncongotribune.com). He is also author of the book published by L'Harmattan “Behind the Scenes of ‘Banyamulenge Military’: Momentum, Myth, and Extinction”.

United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) peacekeepers are pictured during a training exercise at the shooting range, near Bunia in Ituri. Photo ID 129886. 19/10/2006. Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/

The UN is under attack in eastern Congo. But DRC elites are also to blame for the violence

by Delphin R. Ntanyoma Jul 30, 2022Jul 31, 2022

By 26 July 2022, at least 15 people had died, including UN peacekeepers, as demonstrators stormed and burnt the mission’s bases in Goma, Butembo and Uvira. They accused the 22-year-old mission of failing to stop decades of fighting in the country.