A protester in Kinshasa, DR Congo, tears down the EU and Belgian flags from a luxury hotel as a large crowd cheers. The latest uprising against the West is challenging colonial legacies in Congo, demanding an end to Western complicity in Congo's armed conflict, which protesters say has already cost 10 million lives.

The M23 rebels are threatening to take over the strategically important city of Goma, home to 2 million people. Part of the war includes the world's most extensive and most expensive UN mission, MONUSCO, which has become the target of protests after criticism of its inaction against the advancing rebels and scandals of sexual violence against civilians.

In Kinshasa, police dispersed protests by firing tear gas after people set fire to barricades. In recent days, anti-Western protests have led to attacks on Western embassies and institutions. Protesters criticize the Western looting of the country and profit from conflict in the DR Congo.