2025 Kinshasa riots

2025 Kinshasa riots
Date28 January 2025 – ongoing
Location
Caused by
  • March 23 Movement's (M23) advances in Goma
  • Rwandan involvement in M23 offensives
  • Alleged international community complicity and involvement in the offensives
MethodsDemonstrations, vandalism, arson, looting
StatusOngoing
Parties
DRC protestors
Number
Unknown
Dozens - Hundreds
Casualties
Death(s)Unknown
InjuriesUnknown

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 international inaction regarding M23 rebel advances in eastern DRC.