List of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This is a list of all massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

List

Name Date Fatalities Notes
Hema massacre of 1911 4 December 1911 200+ By
Lendu people against Hema people[1]
Elisabethville Massacre
 December 1941 30-70
Léopoldville riots January 1959 49+
Massacre at Luluabourg October 1959 300+ By
Baluba people in Luluabourg[2]
Luluabourg massacre (1961) 27-28 February, 1961 44 The New York Times reported that 44 civilians had been killed by government forces in revenge for the killing of three soldiers by rioters.[3]
Port Francqui incident April 28, 1961 (1961-April-28) 47 [4]
Kindu atrocity 11 or 12 November 1961 13 Murders of 13 Italian airmen by soldiers during the Congo Crisis.
November 1964 8+ Four
Catholic priests were brutally murdered by Communist rebels during the Simba rebellion.[5]
Battle of Kolwezi 18–22 May 1978 Hundreds The Congolese National Liberation Front massacred hundreds of White European civilians during Shaba II, mostly Belgians.[6][7]
Luamwela massacre 5 July 1979 50 Killing of 50 miners by the Congolese army and the Societé Minière de Bakwanga.[8]
Katelakayi massacre July 19, 1979 (1979-07-19) 140-200 Killing of at least 140 miners by the Congolese army and the Societé Minière de Bakwanga. Some reports said that over 200 miners had died.[8]
20 March to July 1993 14,000 Initially starting in the town of Mtutu, as an anti-Banyarwanda massacre by Hunde and Nyanga people, Banyarwanda fought back, starting an ethnic conflict that killed 14,000 people.[9]
Mokoto monastery massacre May 12, 1996 (1996-05-12) 750 750 Tutsi refugees hiding in a monastery were slaughtered by Hutu forces.[10][9][11]
Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War 1996-1997 Thousands
Lemera massacre October 6, 1996 37 37 individuals, including
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
(AFDL).
Musekera massacre October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20) 300 Three hundred Hutu civilians were bludgeoned to death by Rwandan soldiers.[12]
Butembo massacre From February 20 to April 300-600 Reprisals for Mayi Mayi attacks by Congolese Armed Forces[13]
Kasika massacre September 5, 1998 (1998-09-05) 1,000+ Massacre of Nyindu during the Second Congo War. The figure of 1,000 was estimated by the United Nations Mapping Report. The massacre was actually a series of massacres that began with the killing of 36 Nyindu civilians inside a Catholic church by Rwanda, Ugandan, or Banyamulenge forces.[14]
Makobola massacre From December 30, 1998, to January 2, 1999 800+ The forces of the Rally for Congolese Democracy (Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie; RCD) perpetrated a massacre, resulting in the death of over 800 civilians, predominantly from the Bembe community.
Kisangani massacre 13-15 May 2002 183
Kiwanja massacre 4-5 November 2008 150 Perpetrated by the National Congress for the Defence of the People[15][16]
2008 Christmas massacres 24-27 December 2008 620-860+ Attack by the
Christian terrorist Lord's Resistance Army
Makombo massacre 14-17 December 2009 321-345 Attack by the
Christian terrorist Lord's Resistance Army
Masisi massacre 2014 70+ [17]
2014 Mutarule attack June 6, 2014 (2014-06-06) 35
Beni massacre August 14, 2016 (2016-08-14) 101
Kipupu massacre July 16, 2020 (2020-07-16) 18-220 [18]
Drodro massacre November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21) 44
Plaine Savo massacre February 2, 2022 (2022-02-02) 60
Otomabere massacre June 5, 2022 (2022-06-05) 18-27 Suspected Allied Democratic Forces attacked Otomabere in Irumu Territory, Ituri Province.
Kishishe massacre 29 November - 1 December 2022 131-300+

References

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  4. ^ "Today in History: How 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers were killed by Congolese army". GhanaWeb. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. ^ "The Congo Massacre". ChristianityToday.com. 18 December 1964. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. ^ Odom, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas P. (April 1993). "Shaba II: The French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire in 1978" (PDF). Combat Studies Institute.
  7. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  8. ^ a b "Chronology of the Democratic Republic of Congo/Zaire (1960-1997) | Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance - Research Network". www.sciencespo.fr. 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  9. ^ a b Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Chronology for Tutsis in the Dem. Rep. of the Congo". Refworld. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  10. ^ Binet, Laurence (April 2013). "The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo (1996-1997)" (PDF). Médecins Sans Frontières.
  11. ^ "Letter from the Archive: The Genocide in Rwanda". The New Yorker. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  12. ^ "A second Rwanda genocide is revealed in Congo". NBC News. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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  14. ^ "CASUALTIES OF WAR". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  15. ^ "Massacre de Kiwanja en RDC: dix ans plus tard, aucune poursuite judiciaire". RFI (in French). 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  16. ^ Wambua-Soi, Catherine. "Revisiting massacre site". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  17. ^ "UN blames DR Congo groups for 'Masisi massacre'". BBC News. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  18. ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Congolese Nobel Laureate Speaks Out Against Killings". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.

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