Published on January 28, 2025 by Agencies for Kenya Online News
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The Kenyan embassy in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was attacked by protestors in Kinshasa.
Protesters attacked the Kenyan embassy and soldiers who were there did not stop them, a witness said.
Police 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.
Protests erupted across the city with demonstrators burning tires and clashing with the police who fired tear gas to disperse them
A European diplomat said 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 in complicity with France, Belgium, the United States and others. The people of Congo are tired. How many times should we die?” a protester said.
