Supporters have begun to arrive at the first opposition rally allowed in Kinshasa for two years.
Tweeters are posting pictures, including this one showing people starting to congregate near the stage where the Union for Democracy and Social Progress leader Félix Tshisekedi will be speaking:
Previously Congolese activists, campaigning for President Joseph Kabila to stand down, had defied the protest ban and police used live ammunition, killing protesters.