source: AFP; Election-Net; Africa 1
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Military Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Bandisende
notes: On 29 July 2020, miners demonstrated and blocked the main road in Bandisende (Mambasa, Ituri) against an operation to evict miners who had illegally established a settlement in the park. Okapi Wildlife Reserve park rangers and FARDC troops killed 2 miners and injured others during clashes with the miners. The miners ignored several warnings and confronted the authorities, were finally driven out. [size=no report]