source: Actualite
actor1: Protesters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: N/A
location: Walungu
notes: On 23 July 2020, thousands of local residents and members of the UNC party (Union for the Congolese Nation), many of them dressed as prisoners, marched in Walungu (Walungu, Sud-Kivu) to demand the immediate release from jail of their leader Vital Kamerhe the day before his appeal. The latter, whose hometown is Walungu, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption. [size=thousands]