At least five people were killed and about 50 wounded in anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a government spokesman said.

A Reuters reporter saw UN&nbsp;peacekeepers shoot two demonstrators dead.

The violence took place on the second day of protests against the peacekeeping mission MONUSCO for failing to protect civilians in a region marred by decades of militia violence.

"At least 5 dead, around 50 wounded (in Goma)," government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said in a tweet,

without saying who was responsible.

Hundreds of demonstrators attacked and looted a MONUSCO warehouse in Goma on Monday demanding that the mission leave the country and the protests flared again on Tuesday.

The Reuters reporter at the scene said peacekeepers fired tear gas and live bullets at a largely peaceful crowd, killing two and wounding at least two others.

Army and police officers deployed to the scene did not open fire. A soldier and a policeman in a bulletproof vest were also hit by bullets, he added.

A MONUSCO spokesman was not available for comment.

The mission has been gradually withdrawing for years.

Resurgent clashes between local troops and the M23 rebel group in east Congo have displaced thousands. Attacks by militants linked to Islamic State have also continued despite a year-long state of emergency and joint operations against them by the Congolese and Ugandan armies.

MONUSCO - the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo - took over an earlier peacekeeping operation in 2010.

It had over 12,000 troops and 1,600 police deployed in Congo as of November 2021.

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At least five people were killed and about 50 wounded in anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a government spokesman said.

At least five people were killed and about 50 wounded in anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. A Reuters reporter saw UN peacekeepers shoot two demonstrators dead. The violence took place on the second day of protests against the peacekeeping mission MONUSCO for failing to protect civilians in a region marred by decades of militia violence. "At least 5 dead, around 50 wounded (in Goma)," government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said in a tweet, without saying who was responsible. Hundreds of demonstrators attacked and looted a MONUSCO warehouse in Goma on Monday demanding that the mission leave the country and the protests flared again on Tuesday. The Reuters reporter at the scene said peacekeepers fired tear gas and live bullets at a largely peaceful crowd, killing two and wounding at least two others. Army and police officers deployed to the scene did not open fire. A soldier and a policeman in a bulletproof vest were also hit by bullets, he added. A MONUSCO spokesman was not available for comment. The mission has been gradually withdrawing for years. Resurgent clashes between local troops and the M23 rebel group in east Congo have displaced thousands. Attacks by militants linked to Islamic State have also continued despite a year-long state of emergency and joint operations against them by the Congolese and Ugandan armies. MONUSCO - the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo - took over an earlier peacekeeping operation in 2010. It had over 12,000 troops and 1,600 police deployed in Congo as of November 2021. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

At least 5 killed, dozens wounded in east Congo anti-UN protest

A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo`s North Kivu province on Monday morning, the U.N. and the Malawian government said. 
 
A local civil rights group said separately that fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist armed group with Ugandan origins, attacked the village of Kilia, around 18km southeast of Beni in the province, killing at least five people. It was not clear if that figure included the peacekeeper. 
 
"A peacekeeper was killed in an attack by alleged ADF in the Beni region," said MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping mission, which has deployed around 12,000 troops to contain violence by more than 120 armed groups in the east of the country. 
 
Chitenji Kamanga, 28, was killed when the UN&nbsp;base in the village of Kilia, was attacked at 13:30 local time, the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) said in a statement. 
 
"Malawi has lost a courageous, hardworking and disciplined female soldier," the MDF said. 
 
In March the United States labelled the ADF a foreign terrorist organisation because of alleged links to Islamic State group, although the UN&nbsp;has consistently downplayed the strength and nature of Islamic State`s influence in Congo. 
 
The last peacekeeper killed in Congo was an Indonesian national on June 22 last year. More than 370 have been killed since the UN&nbsp;first sent troops during the civil war in 1999. 
 
The ADF, which has been active in Congo since the 1990s, has carried out a string of reprisal attacks on civilians since the army began operations against it in late 2019, killing around 850 people last year, according to the UN.

A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo`s North Kivu province on Monday morning, the U.N. and the Malawian government said.

A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo`s North Kivu province on Monday morning, the U.N. and the Malawian government said. A local civil rights group said separately that fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist armed group with Ugandan origins, attacked the village of Kilia, around 18km southeast of Beni in the province, killing at least five people. It was not clear if that figure included the peacekeeper. "A peacekeeper was killed in an attack by alleged ADF in the Beni region," said MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping mission, which has deployed around 12,000 troops to contain violence by more than 120 armed groups in the east of the country. Chitenji Kamanga, 28, was killed when the UN base in the village of Kilia, was attacked at 13:30 local time, the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) said in a statement. "Malawi has lost a courageous, hardworking and disciplined female soldier," the MDF said. In March the United States labelled the ADF a foreign terrorist organisation because of alleged links to Islamic State group, although the UN has consistently downplayed the strength and nature of Islamic State`s influence in Congo. The last peacekeeper killed in Congo was an Indonesian national on June 22 last year. More than 370 have been killed since the UN first sent troops during the civil war in 1999. The ADF, which has been active in Congo since the 1990s, has carried out a string of reprisal attacks on civilians since the army began operations against it in late 2019, killing around 850 people last year, according to the UN.

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