At least 15 killed as anti-UN protests spread in eastern DR Congo

Soldiers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo take position at a looted warehouse at the UN facilities in Goma [Michel Lunanga/AFP]

At least 15 people have been killed on the second day of anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s turbulent northeastern region, in attacks UN chief Antonio Guterres said could constitute a ‘war crime’.

Protests erupted on Monday as crowds took to the streets of North Kivu province’s main city Goma against the country’s UN mission – United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) – which they accuse of failing to stop armed groups’ decades-old fighting.