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STORY: DRC / GOMA PROTEST
TRT: 1:58
SOURCE: MONUSCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 21 JANUARY 2018 GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1. Med shot, protestors in the church compound
2. Wide shot, protestors on a street
3. Wide shot, police in riot gear
4. Wide shot, police on pickup trucks
5. Med shot, local police with UN police
6. Wide shot, police facing protestors
7. Various shots, protestors marching
8. Wide shot, protest banners in French
9. Med shot, protestors holding signs
10. Pan left, protestors running from police truck
11. Wide shot, policeman throwing a projectile
12. Tear gas on street
13. Close up, protestors
14. UPSOUND (French) young protestor:
“We demand the departure of Joseph Kabila. He cannot massacre people like that. We are governed by the constitution. He violates the constitution, he kills protesters, it is not normal, we demand his departure. And even MONUSCO, we do not need it in the DRC, it is supporting the government.”
15. Tilt down, wounded protestor
The police used tear gas to disperse protestors in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), resulting in 19 wounded and 16 arrested protestors.
The secular committee of Catholic Coordination called for a peaceful march on Sunday, (21 Jan) to demand the departure of the DRC’s president Joseph Kabila from power.
The protest was banned by the local government.
At the end of the mass held at St. Joseph Cathedral, in Goma, main town of the North Kivu province, protestors took to streets where they were
The police used tear gas to disperse the protestors who were joint by activists of the citizen movement “fight for change” - “La Lucha” , who joined the march.
The police have been deployed in large numbers in all the Catholic parishes and the hottest neighborhoods of the city of Goma, in hours before the protest.
Reportedly, 19 people were wounded and 16 arrested during the manifestation in Goma.
The United Nations mission in DRC known as MONUSCO, reported that on Sunday, six people were killed in capital Kinshasa and 63 injured nationwide as government forces cracked down on the protests against the president Kabila.
