source: Kivu Times; Kivu Security Tracker; Actualite; Fizi Media TV
actor1: CNPSC: National Coalition of the People for Congo's Sovereignty
actor2: Ngumino Ethnic Militia (Democratic Republic of Congo)
location: Kangwe
notes: On 21 December 2020, Mayi Mayi CNPSC in coalition with Mayi-Mayi Biloze Bishambuke clashed with Ngumino and Twiganeho militiamen (led by Rukundo Makanika) in Nyamara village, near Kangwe (Fizi, Sud-Kivu), following a coordinated attack against various villages controlled by the Ngumino/Twiganeho. Overall, from the ranks of the CNPSC and the Biloze Bishambuke, 9 were killed and 13 were wounded, and from the side of the Twiganeho and the Ngumino, 28 were killed and 10 were wounded. The CNPSC-Biloze Bishambuke kidnapped 42 people and set ablaze various houses. The attack is linked to a cycle of reprisals over longstanding land and ethnic conflicts. Fatalities coded across 6 events.