Kinshasa seethes like primordial ooze across ... sweltering catwalk of the Matete market, with children once again falling in behind the self-anointed king of the neighborhood.

[Reuters] Twenty-six people died after a high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, the government said.

KINSHASA: Vandalised embassies, looted supermarkets and piles of burning tyres marked chaotic demonstrations Tuesday (Jan 28) in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa to denounce the "inaction" of the ...