In the early hours of 9 October 2023, unidentified armed attackers struck a mining installation operated by TSM Mining at Kachemba, within the Misisi gold mining area of Fizi Territory, South Kivu Province. Four people were killed: two Chinese nationals and two members of their security detail, and at least two others were injured, including a Ghanaian interpreter and a Chinese national. The attackers seized cash, mobile phones, and other valuables, and clashed with FARDC soldiers guarding the site before withdrawing. Congolese officials attributed the attackers to a village in neighbouring Maniema Province. The attack was the latest in a string of assaults on Chinese-linked mining operations in Fizi Territory in the second half of 2023, in an area IPIS-supported research has separately documented as afflicted by child labour, illegal checkpoints, and environmental harm along its artisanal gold supply chain.

Kachemba, Misisi Mining Area, Fizi Territory, South Kivu, DRC

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Attack

9 October 2023

Unidentified armed group; officials attributed the attackers to the village of Kalondakibuyu, Kabambare Territory, Maniema Province

Chinese mining personnel and private/FARDC security personnel, working age

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