Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The situation is increasingly tense as rebels have said they will be in Kinshasa before June and the government has been cracking down on opposition protests in the capital. It was apparently the first time in the Zairean crisis that an embassy has urged all its nationals to leave the country.

protests