The situation stabilized on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 after a very turbulent day last Monday in the locality of Kinyandonyi, in the territory of Rutshuru (North Kivu).

The day before, a strong tension was fueled by the inhabitants who had not digested the murder, by strangers, of a young boy in his twenties and father of 2 children whose bodies had been discovered in the morning in Kibende.

Panicked, some villagers even fled the community fearing reprisals from angry young people.

On the same Monday, after having dragged the body of the deceased with them to the Rutshuru morgue, the protesters erected a barrier nearly 9 kilometers from Kiwanja where they demanded a sum of money from the operators of the machinery. rolling.

Alerted, other young people from Kiwanja tried to dissuade them. New clashes then followed, the FARDC soldiers based on the spot fired in the air to try to restore order.

There again, the young Héritier Kamate, hit by bullets, succumbed on the spot and 6 other demonstrators injured.

“The young people from Kinyandonyi went and placed a barrier at kilometer point 9. So the young patrollers from Kiwanja were informed of this situation. They came but when those of Kinyandonyi were seized of this arrival, they alerted the army, talking about the Mai-Mai. The FARDC shot at these young people from Kiwanja. And, we counted 1 dead and 6 wounded, ”human rights defender Aimé Mukanda Mbusa, one of the local notables had to say.
The latter adds that the conflict in Kinyandonyi seems to be essentially maintained by 2 local communities who live together with a certain mistrust between them.