From 4 September, elements of the FAA raped an unknown number of women and girls, in particular during search operations in the Mvuadu and Kinkanda neighbourhoods in the town of Matadi. The troops also pillaged tens of private homes.

Around 27 August 1998, in the village of Kinzau Mvwete, halfway between Boma and Matadi, elements of the FAA killed 45 civilians, including women and children. @UN #MappingReport, Page 166 #Rwanda #Burundi #Uganda #DRC @IntlCrimCourt @hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights

From 27 August 1998, elements of the FAA raped six women shopkeepers and at least three girls in the village of Manterne, 19 kilometres from Boma, on the road to Matadi.

From 26 August 1998, elements of the FAA summarily executed an unknown number of civilians in the centre of Boma. They also raped an unknown number of women and girls. They pillaged civilian property, primarily in the city’s suburban neighbourhoods.

On 23 August 1998, on their arrival in Moanda, elements of the FAA raped at least 30 women and girls, most of them in the Bwamanu neighbourhood. In some cases, the soldiers obliged the members of the victims’ families to applaud during the rapes, on penalty of execution.

By making property essential to the survival of the civilian population unusable, they caused the death of an unknown number of civilians, particularly children and hospital patients.

On 13 August 1998, ANC/APR/UPDF soldiers stopped the turbines on the Inga dam, depriving Kinshasa and a large area of the province of Bas-Congo of their main source of electricity for almost three weeks.

From 4 August to 4 September 1998, ANC/APR/UPDF soldiers systematically pillaged the bank vaults in Moanda, Matadi and Mbanza Ngungu. @UN #MappingReport, Page 165 #Rwanda #Burundi #Uganda #DRC @IntlCrimCourt @hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights

Between 7 and 10 August 1998, in Boma, elements from the ANC/APR/UPDF confined and raped several women, often collectively, in the Premier Bassin hotel, which they had requisitioned. They also caused a significant amount of damage to the hotel.

The victims included gardeners, workers at the abattoir, two people with learning disabilities and people waiting for a vehicle to take them to Moanda. @UN #MappingReport, Page 165 #Rwanda #Burundi #Uganda #DRC @IntlCrimCourt @hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights

On 7/8/1998, fighting between elements of the ANC/APR/UPDF and FAC for the control of Boma caused the death of an unknown number of civilians, most often victims of stray bullets. The coalition forces killed at least 22 civilians close to the central bank and municipal gardens.