Protests erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday morning amid anger at foreign interference said to be destabilising the country. Armed mobs attacked and set fire to the French and U.

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Protests erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday morning amid anger at foreign interference said to be destabilising the country. Armed mobs attacked and set fire to the French and U.

Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals.