Death toll from anti-Monusco protests in DR Congo rises to 19

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

Four more people have died, raising the death toll from the violent protests against the UN stabilisation mission in Congo (Monusco) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to 19.

Officials said Thursday that the four died in Uvira, South Kivu, as they protested against the peacekeepers.