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The 2025 Kinshasa riots are a series of violent demonstrations that occurred on January 28, 2025 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ). Multiple foreign diplomatic missions, including the embassies of the United States, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, became targets of civil unrest as protesters expressed their opposition to ...
On 19 January 2015, protests led by students at the University of Kinshasa broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The protests began following the announcement of a proposed law that would allow the country's 43-year-old president, Joseph Kabila, to remain in power until a national census could be conducted.
28 January – 2025 Kinshasa riots: The French embassy in Kinshasa is set on fire by protesters demonstrating against the conflict in the eastern DRC. The Rwandan, French, Belgian and US embassies are also attacked.
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Several people were wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Wednesday as riot police forcibly dispersed a banned protest by the opposition, who are calling for a ...
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday dispersed a small protest in the capital Kinshasa against the provisional results of the December legislative election, the latest flare-up in ...
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Massive labour protests and increasingly violent street demonstrations was characterised by growing opposition protests and riots in Kinshasa and Katanga, the epicentre of the uprising. The mass protests led to the deaths of 1 protester. [1] [2]
KINSHASA/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo held presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday - a vote disrupted by hours-long delays, opposition ...