US EditionDrc. Unicef's French Humanitarian Killed in Goma: an Open War Crime Investigation
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Frenchwoman Karine Buisset, 54, an employee of Unicef, died on Wednesday 11 March in Goma, along with two other civilians. The house in which she lived, in the regional capital of North Kivu, was hit by drones.
This French national working for UNICEF was killed in Goma by an unclaimed drone strike. For the national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office, the facts appear "in connection with a situation of armed conflict between Congolese forces and the so-called M23 movement".
The 54-year-old French national died after "the house she occupied was hit by an explosive device".
On Friday, 13 March, the national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office announced the opening of an investigation "of flagrance against X of the count of murder constituting a war crime". This procedure follows the death, on Wednesday, 11 March, of a French humanitarian in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). - French humanitarian killed in the DRC: an investigation opened for "war crime" (International).
French anti-terrorist prosecutor opens investigation following death of a UNICEF humanitarian in the Democratic Republic of the Congo An investigation "of flagrance against X of the count of murder constitutive
The French humanitarian Karine Buisset, who worked in Goma for Unicef, was killed on 11 March 2026 in an explosion that targeted her home. On 13 March, the French national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office announced the opening of an investigation "of flagrance against X of the count of murder constituting a war crime".
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