A man gestures during an opposition demonstration in Kinshasa on December 27, 2023. Police were deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on December 22, 2023 during a banned demonstration against recent elections in the fragile central African state.
Leading opposition politicians in impoverished but mineral-rich DRC have rejected last week's vote, which was marred by severe delays and bureaucratic disarray, and called for a demonstration. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)