One killed during anti-UN protest in east DR Congo

Congolese demonstrators gesture during a protest against the UN peacekeeping mission (Monusco) in Goma on July 26, 2022. PHOTO | AFP

A man was killed on Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a protest against United Nations peacekeepers, police and the UN said, in the latest violence in the troubled region.

Returning from patrol, UN peacekeepers, escorted by DR Congo armed forces, "were attacked by demonstrators throwing stones", the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO, said in a statement.