Video used to falsely claim protestors torched French embassy in DR Congo

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been plagued by violence for decades and, since 2021, has seen the re-emergence of the rebel group M23, which has seized swathes of territory in the North Kivu province. The most recent flare-up has pushed thousands to flee and sparked a backlash against international powers perceived to be ignoring the bloodshed. A recent video claims that demonstrators set the French embassy on fire in the country’s capital, Kinshasa. But the claim is false: protest