Western DR Congo clashes

Common card · No. 344607

The clashes in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo are a series of attacks by Mobondo militia on armed forces (FARDC) and Teke civilians which started in June 2022. The conflict has an ethnic component, as the Mobondo is mainly recruited from Yaka and other ethnic groups that are migrating into territories traditionally inhabited by Teke. The fighting is taking place in the rural areas northeast of Kinshasa and in the surrounding provinces, including Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe. The Catholic Church estimates that over 3,000 people have been killed and 550,400 were displaced due to the Mobondo conflict, mainly in the Kwamouth Territory of Mai-Ndombe Province and the Maluku rural commune of the province of Kinshasa. The military has stated that over 1,000 civilians were killed.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Borysk5, CC BY-SA 4.0