source: Election-Net
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Civilians (Democratic Republic of Congo)
location: Kolwezi
notes: On 20 January 2021, around 1,500 people, many of them artisanal miners, stormed a mining site operated by the company Global SAS in Kolwezi town (Kolwezi, Lulaba). The attackers vandalized, destroyed, and looted the company's facilities. The attack took place after one truck of this company hit a neighbor. [size=around 1,500 people]