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2 killed during anti-U.N. protests in DRC

2 killed during anti-U.N. protests in DRC

ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE AT least two people were killed during violent protests on Friday against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said. Troops attached to the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, killed one person during a protest in the rural area of Oicha, its mayor Nicolas Kikuku told Reuters. "They (the protesters) set fire to two bridges that lead to the (peacekeepers') base," Kikuku said. "The MONUSCO peacekeepers did not accept that and opened fire directly on the demonstrators." Rosette Kavula, the deputy administrator of Beni territory, where Oicha is located, and…
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