[4] The newspaper The North Africa Post alleged that March 23 Movement rebels had used the unrest as a cover, and been responsible for the attack on a contingent of Moroccan MONUSCO peacekeepers at Nyamilima during the protests.

[1] According to Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya, five people were killed and a further 50 more were injured in Goma.

[6] On 31 July, two people were killed and fifteen were injured in Beni when UN soldiers opened fire at a Congolese border post, forcing their way into the country from Uganda.

[7][8] By 1 August, two Moroccan peacekeepers, namely Chief Corporal Azzouz Zhenadi and Major Mohammed Rami, and two Indian policemen, Shishupal Singh and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi, had been killed during the protests.

[9] According to an official report by the DR Congo government, 36 people had been killed and 170 wounded during the protests by August.