2 days ago · The 2025 Kinshasa riots is 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 ...

It is the most densely populated city in the DRC, the most populous city in Africa, the world's fourth-most-populous capital city, Africa's third-largest metropolitan area, the world's twenty-second most populous city and the leading economic, political, and cultural center of the DRC. [7][8][9][10] Kinshasa houses several industries, including ...

3 days ago · Location: Kinshasa and Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – 28 January 2025 Event: Due to an increase in violence throughout the city of Kinshasa, the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa advises U.S. citizens to shelter-in-place and then safely depart while commercial options are available.

9 hours ago · The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to “continue the march of liberation” to the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country. The group’s capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, is a dramatic escalation in a region that has seen decades of conflict involving multiple armed ...

2 days ago · Demonstrators attack embassies of France, Belgium, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the United States in Kinshasa.

However, DRC leaders in Kinshasa, the capital, say the group is merely a proxy for external forces striving to gain control of the country's rich mineral resources, especially in territories ...

2 days ago · Video Location: Boulevard du 30 Juin, Kinshasa, DRC Video Recording Date/Time: January 28, 2025 at 10:00h Protesters took to the streets of Kinshasa on Tuesday morning, January 28, demanding the ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired tear gas at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, after embassies were attacked over the conflict in the country ...

Dec 21, 2024 · Kinshasa, largest city and capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies about 320 miles (515 km) from the Atlantic Ocean on the south bank of the Congo River. One of the largest cities of sub-Saharan Africa, it is a special political unit equivalent to a Congolese region, with its own

1 day ago · Anti-Rwandan protests broke out in Kinshasa on Tuesday morning, as rebels continued to battle Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forces in the key eastern city of Goma. People carried Congolese ...