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The incidents illustrate a clear pattern of targeted violence against mining operations in the DRC’s eastern regions, often against Chinese owned mining firms that proliferate the DRC’s mining sector.

The DRC is a country in Central Africa, known for its vast natural resources. It continues to experience political instability and violence, especially in the eastern regions, due to armed groups, ethnic tensions, and competition for resources.

Located in Masisi, North Kivu, Bukombo has experienced many cases of severe violence and massacres throughout conflict in the DRC. In November 2022, the neighboring village of Kisheshe saw a massacre leaving several hundred dead and violence spilling out into the wider area.

A city of 2 million, Goma is the capital of the North Kivu region largely surrounded by M23 militiamen.

M23 is a Congolese rebel military group that is for the most part formed of ethnic Tutsi, which is an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region.