Kindu atrocity

The Kindu Massacre, or Kindu Atrocity, took place on the 11th or 12th of November 1961 in Kindu Port-Émpain, in the Congo-Léopoldville (the former Belgian Congo). Thirteen Italian airmen who were members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo, sent to pacify the country ravaged by civil war, were murdered and eaten by locals.

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Conflicts in DR Congo

Background

Congo Crisis

Force Publique mutinies
Cessation crisis
UN intervention
Kanyarwanda War
Kwilu rebellion
Simba rebellion
- Dragon Rouge
- Dragon Noir
Operation White Giant
Operation Violettes Imperiales
Operation South
Operation Banzi

Other major events

Shaba Invasions
Shaba I Shaba II Battle of Kolwezi Non-aggression pact of 1979

First Congo War
Background Shaba Invasions Second Sudanese Civil War War in Uganda (1986–1994) 1991 Zaire unrest Burundian Civil War Rwandan Civil War Assassination of Habyarimana Rwandan genocide Great Lakes refugee crisis War Formation of the AFDL Massacres of Hutus Operation Thunderbolt Overthrow of Mobutu Ascension of Laurent Kabila

Second Congo War

v t e Ituri conflict
Bogoro Artemis North Night Final Plaine Savo Response UN 1484

v t e Kivu conflict
2008 Nord-Kivu campaign 2009 Eastern Congo offensive M23 rebellion (2012–3) 2014 North Kivu offensive 2017 CNPSC offensive (2017 Uvira clashes) 2022 offensive by M23 Anti-MONUSCO protests

Other
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Katanga insurgency Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Dongo conflict 2011 coup d'etat attempt Batwa–Luba clashes 2013 Kinshasa attacks Kamwina Nsapu rebellion Child soldiers in the Congo

The Italian aviators manned two C-119s, twin-engined transport aircraft known as Flying Boxcars, of the 46ª Aerobrigata based at Pisa Airfield.

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