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Congo protesters attack Kinshasa embassies over conflict in east

By 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’s east. The demonstrators targeted embassies of countries they accuse of complicity in Rwanda’s support of M23 rebels, who have seized the eastern provincial capital, Goma. A European diplomat told Reuters that the embassies of France, the United States, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya were targeted by the protesters. French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on a post on X that the French embassy in Kinshasa was attacked and briefly caught fire, although the blaze had been brought under control. “All of this is because of Rwanda. What Rwanda is doing is […]

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