Mai-Mai Kata Katanga

Mai-Mai Kata Katanga's most significant operation occurred on 23 March 2013 when 200 rebels entered Lubumbashi, the provincial capital of Katanga and the Congo's second largest city, carrying the flag of the former secessionist state of Katanga (1960–63). At least 35 people died and sixty were wounded before the rebels surrendered to United Nations (UN) peacekeepers. MONUSCO claimed that a total of 163, including 22 girls, had been freed since the beginning of the year. His party is the Movement of African Revolutionary Independentists (Mouvement des Indépendantistes Révolutionnaires Africains, MIRA). Several further incursions were made into towns across Katanga on 29 March 2020 in which 30 rebels were killed. A further attack in Lubumbashi took place on 25 September 2020 in which 16 rebels and three soldiers were killed. In the attack, the militia again used the Katanga flag and were armed primarily with machetes. In January 2023, the FARDC targeted Mai Mai Kata Katanga forces which were hiding in the Kundelungu and Upemba National Parks. Over the course of 2024, Mai-Mai Kata Katanga organized several raids, with the largest attack taking place in December and targeting four villages in Moba Territory, causing 4,000 people to flee their homes. ==See also==