At least 43 people were killed Aug. 30 as government troops fired on protesters in Goma, capital of conflicted North Kivu [7] province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The protest against the the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO [8]) was organized by a religious sect, the Natural Judaic & Messianic Faith Towards the Nations, also known as Wazalendo. MONUSCO "peacekeepers" have faced repeated protests [9] from local residents over their failure to protect civilians amid ongoing inter-factional fighting. The UN is demanding [10] an investigation into the Goma incident, which Human Rights Watch [11] called an "apparent massacre." In addition to the slain, 56 were reported injured and at least 222 arrested. (Jurist [13], AP [14], France24 [15])
