source: Radio Okapi
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-) Prison Guards
location: Mwene-Ditu
notes: On 20 January 2021, a group of prisoners confronted prison guards and FARDC soldiers during a jailbreak attempt in the central prison of Mwene-Ditu town (Mwene-Ditu, Lomami). The state forces managed to control the situation after firing some warning shots. The prisoners demonstrated against the fact that most of them are imprisoned without trial. [size=no report]