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Added on the 21/01/2018 16:12:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
One man is shot dead after security forces open fire to disperse a crowd protesting the government's failure to protect civilians after a gruesome massacre in the eastern DR Congo town of Beni. IMAGES
Bullet holes are visible on fences and signs at the Kasindi border post in eastern DR Congo's Beni territory on the border with Uganda, after two people were killed and several others injured when UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident. UN chief Antonio Guterres says he is "outraged" about the incident after the UN force MONUSCO admitted that some of its peacekeepers had opened fire "for unexplained reasons", adding that arrests had already been made. IMAGES
Rescuers dig to reach victims after a makeshift gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing around 50 people. IMAGES
People examine a damaged road in Congolese capital Kinshasa after torrential overnight rains which killed 36 people, with some swept away by landslides. IMAGES
National police patrol the streets in Goma, the provincial capital of DR Congo's North Kivu province, after demonstrators protested and set up barricades following an announcement that presidential elections were being placed on hold in their region. IMAGES