2023 DRC anti-MONUSCO protests

The 2023 Goma massacre occurred on August 27, 2023, when a protest erupted in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, against the presence of the United Nations forces across the country, accused of failing to prevent the violence by militant groups against civilians. Forty-eight protestors were shot dead by Congolese soldiers. The death toll increased to 56 on September 5, 2023, as eight critically injured people died of their wounds.