Nyamamba and Mbogi mass graves

Nyamamba and Mbogi mass graves
Part of Ituri conflict
LocationNyamamba and Mbogi, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
DateJanuary 14–15, 2023
Deaths49 killed
  • 42 in Nyamamba
  • 7 in Mbogi
PerpetratorCODECO (per MONUSCO)
Zaire-FPAC (per CODECO)
MotiveKilling of a Lendu schoolteacher

On January 19, 2023, the United Nations investigators discovered the bodies of forty-two civilians in the village of Nyamamba, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and seven bodies in the village of Mbogi, in the same province. The victims were killed over the weekend by suspected CODECO between January 14 and 15.


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