Gunfire was heard in DR Congo's two largest cities as the opposition leader called on citizens to reject President Joseph Kabila whose mandate expired on Tuesday with no sign he was ready to leave.
With fears of fresh violence high in the vast and unstable nation, shots rang out in the capital Kinshasa and the country's second city of Lubumbashi.
An AFP correspondent and streets of the Lubumbashi neighbourhood of Matuba were strewn with rocks and burnt tyres early Tuesday amid a heavy police presence.
A policeman in Matuba told AFP that his man were facing hostile groups of demonstrators.
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