In late October 2023, an attack on a Chinese-operated mining site in Nganja District, South Kivu Province, killed three people and injured five others. All three fatalities were Congolese nationals, including one of the attackers, according to reports circulated on Chinese community WeChat channels and picked up by The China-Global South Project. The attack was the third in a string of assaults on small-scale Chinese mining operations in eastern DRC in autumn 2023, following the 1 September ambush of a TSM Mining convoy near Ngalula and the 9 October attack on a TSM concession at Kachemba, in the Misisi mining area (both documented in companion reports). Due to continuing security concerns, a separate Chinese mining firm that had recently begun operations in Misisi suspended activity and withdrew on 10 October 2023.

Nganja District, South Kivu, DRC

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Attack

27-31 October 2023

Unidentified; at least one attacker was Congolese and was killed in the incident; group/organisational affiliation not established

Congolese mine workers/personnel, likely working age, likely male (not specified in sources)

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