Eight civilians dead in clash with U.N. peacekeepers in east Congo -local govt

FILE PHOTO: Congolese policemen walk in a formation outside a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) compound as resident protest the deployment of a regional force which they see as ineffective in tackling the resurgent rebel group in North Kivu following renewed tensions around Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Eight people were killed and 28 wounded when protesters in east Congo's North-Kivu province blocked and then set upon a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday, resulting in clashes, the provincial government said on Wednesday.

Anti-U.N. sentiment has risen since a rebel group known as the M23 staged a violent offensive last year that has displaced hundreds of thousands and caused dozens of deaths in an already volatile part of the country.