Protesters attack foreign embassies in DR Congo over M23 rebel advance

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Dozens of protesters in Kinshasa attacked foreign embassies, demanding action against M23 rebels in the country's east. Police used teargas to disperse them.

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00:00Dozens of demonstrators in Kinshasa attacked several foreign embassies, including those

00:07of France, Belgium and Rwanda, demanding that they push back against the advance of M23

00:12rebels in the country's conflict-battered east.

00:17Police fired tear gas at the protesters as they marched to the embassies, reportedly

00:21looting and setting fires to parts of the buildings.

00:25Rwandan security forces were attempting to slow the Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced

00:30into the key city of Goma in a major escalation of the decades-long conflict.

00:35The protesters demand that the international community pressure Rwanda over the rebel advance.

00:40M23 rebels temporarily took over Goma in 2012, before being forced to pull out under international

00:47pressure and resurfaced in late 2021 with increasing support from Rwanda, according

00:53to DR Congo's government and the United Nations experts.

00:56Rwanda has denied such support.

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