This archive report was first published on 5 December 2019.
On October 31, the military launched large-scale operations in the Beni area, targeting armed militias responsible for violence in the country's troubled east for nearly a quarter of a century.
The operations came after the discovery of a peacekeeper's body, although the exact date of the discovery was not disclosed.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist-rooted Ugandan armed group, has been active in the region, killing hundreds of civilians over the last five years.
Another 27 people were hacked to death on Wednesday, bringing the number of those killed in militia violence in and around Beni to 107 since November 5.
As the toll mounts, anger is growing, particularly against MONUSCO, one of the biggest UN peacekeeping operations in the world.
On Saturday, a crowd in Beni lynched two people suspected of being ADF members, a day after a soldier was killed in Oicha, 30 kilometres away, by a mob who mistook him for an ADF fighter.
