The United Nations has said that at least two people were killed and dozens more injured on Sunday during anti-Kabila protests.
There was a crackdown on the demonstrations led by the church in Democratic Republic of Congo by security forces.
The Congolese police forces were deployed to thwart the protests which expected thousands of Catholics and evangelical church members on the streets.
The head of Congo’s U.N. mission, Leila Zerrougui, said 47 people were injured and more than 100 were arrested across the country in addition to the dead, who were killed in the capital Kinshasa and the western city of Mbandaka.
Organizers of the march have said that more than three people died. One demonstrator told Reuters that “I arrived back home without my family … Everyone fled in a different direction.”
Joseph Kabila who has refused to exit power appears to be facing stiffer opposition from the Church since political opposition parties have been rendered ineffective as their leaders have been forced into exile.
“Our people no longer believe in the political will of our current leaders to ensure a peaceful transition of power,” one of the main organising groups, the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC), said in a statement before the march.
The march was also held in some other African countries as Congolese mobilize continental support to force Kabila out.
Source: Africafeeds.com
