Congolese police fired teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of churchgoers, who had gathered in the capital Kinshasa to mourn seven people killed in protests against President Joseph Kabila, two weeks ago.
A Reuters cameraman, who was filming the church service said police fired a volley of teargas outside, apparently to prevent the gathering turning into another political demonstration.
Scores have been killed in protests over Kabila’s future in the past two years and militia violence has destabilised swathes of Congo, stoking fears the vast central African country will slide back into civil wars.
Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least seven people in the capital on New Year’s Eve during demonstrations that Catholic activists organised to protest Kabila’s refusal to step down,…
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