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"Three Dead in Newest Attack on Chinese Mine In DRC" 1 November 2023

Three people were killed and five injured in an attack on a Chinese mining operation in the Nganja district of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province earlier this week. According to reports on Chinese community WeChat sites, the victims were all Congolese, including one of the attackers...

This is the third such incident in recent weeks. On 9 October, two Chinese nationals and two Congolese attackers were killed in the Fizi Region of South Kivu, the same area as the recent attack. Another attack in September killed four people, including two Chinese nationals...

The Chinese embassy in Kinshasa convened a security briefing about the security situation with local Chinese community groups and businesses.

These attacks, which also include robbery attempts and strikes on trucking convoys, mostly take place at smaller operations in the remote eastern region rather than targeting the large Chinese mining operations in Lualaba Province and elsewhere.

Due to escalating security concerns, another Chinese firm recently commencing operations in Misisi ceased activities and withdrew on the morning of October 10, 2023...