DR Congo's President Kabila's second term in office has officially expired. Protests erupted in several neighborhoods in the capital Kinshasa late on Monday. Demonstrators used branded red cards to demand President Joseph Kabila steps down. The same scenes played out among the Congolese community in Belgium. Where demonstrators clashed with police at the DRC embassy in Brussels. Opposition activists say Kabila is trying to cling to power by letting his term run out without an election in place to choose a successor. But the government is adamant that the ballot must be delayed until April 2018 due to logistical and financial problems. Talks between government and the opposition which are mediated by the Catholic church failed to reach a compromise.
