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DR Congo protest ‘censorship’ during Afcon semi-final

DR Congo's Yoane Wissa celebrates scoring their second goal with Arthur Masuaku and Samuel Moutoussamy.

Photo credit: Luc Gnago | Reuters

What you need to know:

  • Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya on Friday night threatened to withdraw the country from participating in Confederation of African Football (Caf) events until clarification is given on why protests against the war in eastern Congo were not televised to viewers during the match.
  • The DRC are due to play South Africa for the third spot on Saturday evening and although the Leopards, as the Congolese national team is known, indicated they will honour the match, Kinshasa said it could boycott other events
  • The Congolese accused Canal + of censoring footage of Congolese supporters during the semi-final match against Côte d'Ivoire


In Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of Congo is protesting alleged censorship in the footage aired by rights holders during their Africa Cup of Nations semi-final match against Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday night.