Jan 28, 2025 · 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 perceived ...

6 days ago · UN experts claim the M23 – one of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in DRC’s east – is backed by some 4,000 soldiers from Rwanda, which Kinshasa says is pillaging valuable ...

Jan 30, 2025 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion and his defense minister rejected calls for talks. In a video message, Congo’s Defense Minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita said he has ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Protesters set fires and looted foreign embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, amid anger at foreign allies over what many see as failure to stop an assault by M23, a ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Analysts say such an offensive would be unlikely given the vast size of the country - Kinshasa is 2,600km (1,600 miles) away. However, it did happen in 1997, when Rwanda-backed forces ousted long ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Protesters rally behind Congolese president in Kinshasa as others flee violence to Rwanda. Anti-Rwandan protests broke out in Kinshasa Tuesday morning, as rebels battled Congolese forces in the key eastern city of Goma. Rwanda has accepted over 1,200 refugees fleeing the fighting, according to a government official on the border. ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Meanwhile, Rwanda's leader, Paul Kagame said he spoke with Angola's President Joao Lourenco — a mediator in the conflict who also met with DRC's leader a day earlier — and both leaders committed to working with other African countries to resolve the hostilities. M23 rebels. The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from neighbouring ...

Jan 31, 2025 · There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, marking a further escalation in the region's conflict.

Jan 30, 2025 · France tells Rwanda to 'immediately' leave DR Congo 01/30/2025 January 30, 2025. France's Foreign Ministry said that Congo's territorial integrity was "not negotiable" after Rwanda-backed M23 ...

Jan 28, 2025 · In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometres west of Goma, protesters attacked a United Nations compound and embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing ...