source: Actualite; Radio Okapi
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Kasumbalesa
notes: On 18 January 2021, a group of people associated to a local faction of the UDPS party demonstrated in the border town of Kasumbalesa (Sakania, Haut-Katanga), over the detention of their leader, accused of corruption. They put up barricades with burning tires in several streets and attacked the house of the local UDPS president, as well as one police station (both set ablaze). The police intervened, resulting in clashes and in several injured people, including 4 policemen, as well as several arrests. [size=no report]