source: AFP; Reuters; 7 Sur 7
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Kinshasa
notes: On 8 December 2020, supporters of the UDPS-CACH pro-Tshisekedi party demonstrated and tried to storm into the national parliament in Kinshasa (Kinshasa, Kinshasa) for the second straight day. The police fired teargas and dispersed the demonstrators. Inside the parliament building, rival supporters and lawmakers (pro-Tshisekedi and Pro-Kabila) hurled chairs, batons, and plastic buckets at each other also for the second day in a row. One man was carried away bleeding from the head. The police also intervened with teargas. Tensions aroused after Tshisekedi announced that he would try to form a new majority in parliament, currently in control of the pro-Kabila FCC. [size=no report]