General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Territory: DR Congo (Zaire)
Date of first battle related death: 2002-10-12
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 2002-10-29
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: The MLC and RCD-N coalition first became active as a one-sided actor in UCDP data in 2002, when the one-sided violence resulted in at least 25 civilian deaths. The threshold was reached in October when the groups had killed civilians in Mambasa territory.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
2002
Primary Parties: MLC, RCD-N - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 185 |
| Best | 185 |
| Low | 173 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
2002 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: In the evening of 11 October 2002 the Nyamwisi forces controlling the town of Mambasa were told to leave the town because MLC and RCD-N were about to move in. The forces took the town on the next day meeting no resistance, so instead of fighting rebel militias the forces of MLC and RCD-N shelled the town. Between 24 and 29 October the worst atrocities were committed and people were killed and in a few cases cannibalized. The summary executions performed by MLC and RCD-N particularly targeted the Nande community in Mambasa and the Pygmies as well as the populations in the villages located on the Mambasa-Beni main road according to a MONUC investigation team.
Terminated: NO
