FCDO Updates DRC Travel Advice: All Travel Banned to Eastern Provinces

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) updated its Democratic Republic of the Congo travel advice on 16 September 2026, with the latest change being the removal of information about protests planned in Kinshasa on 15 September 2026. The advice maintains all-travel bans across eastern provinces including North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri, Haut-Uélé, Maniema, Tanganyika and Haut-Lomami, and all-travel bans for parts of Kinshasa Province, sections of the N1 road, within 50km of the Central African Republic border, and Kwamouth territory in Mai-Ndombe Province. M23 rebels and Rwanda Defence Forces have captured Goma and Bukavu, and Uvira was captured in December 2025 before withdr…