Protests broke out over alleged global inaction on the M23 conflict, with Rwanda denying claims of aiding the rebels
Belgium on Wednesday warned its citizens against traveling to DR Congo, as Brussels Airlines scrapped a flight to Kinshasa after violent protests erupted over the conflict rocking the east of the country.
DR Congo and multiple UN reports have accused Rwanda of using the conflict as a way of looting Congolese minerals, such as gold and coltan,
Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a Rwandan-backed rebel offensive in the east.
Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel group.
Vandalised embassies, looted supermarkets and piles of burning tyres marked chaotic demonstrations Tuesday in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa to denounce the "inaction" of the international community over the conflict raging in Goma,
Protesters have attacked several embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, including those of Uganda and Rwanda.The attacks on January 28, 2025, happened during demonstrations against the escalating conflict in the country's east,
Demonstrators targeted several foreign embassies, including France and Belgium, protesting against M23 rebels' incursion into Goma, Eastern Congo. This sparked police retaliation with teargas. The rebels,
The governments of Rwanda and South Africa must do everything possible to prevent any further escalation. Talks of war should never be visited. In war, there’s no winner, writes .
Kira Municipality MP, Ibrahim Ssemujju attributed the burning of Uganda’s embassy in DRC to what he termed as “reckless tongue” of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kaineruba
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for a urgent cease-fire in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo saying Washington was "deeply troubled" by a recent escalation in the fighting.
Dozens of demonstrators have attacked several foreign embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and Belgium, demanding that they oppose the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into a major city in