Another wave of protests against President Joseph Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in at least one death and two injuries. The protest is the latest to be organised by the country's influential Catholic Church. Asta Tall has more on this developing story.

Police officers gathered at church gates around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They used tear gas in an effort to block protesters from reaching the streets.

The anti-Kabila protests were organised by the country's Catholic Church. Demonstrators allege security forces fatally shot at least one person and injured two. The signs of force come a day after Kinshasa's chief of police made assurances security forces would exercise restraint towards protesters.

GENERAL SYLVANO KASONGO KITENGE KINSHASA CHIEF OF POLICE "I told the forces the objective is zero deaths because we are here to provide security for our population, they are our compatriots. I told the policemen not to shoot at the population or any unarmed civilian. We have other means of securing public order, we have non-lethal equipment. We don't have the right to shoot at people with live bullets."

President Joseph Kabila, the country's first democratically elected president-has been in power for 17 years. In a peace deal mediated by the Catholic Church-Kabila was meant to step down at the end of his second term in December 2016. Elections were meant to be organised by 2017, but the government cited insecurity as the main reason for delaying the polls. Since then, the influential Catholic Church has all but abandoned its mediation role-to spearhead protests against the current president.

FRANCOIS XAVIER BELTSHIKA OPPOSITION MEMBER, UDPS PARTY "We have decided it was necessary to be physically present and to support the call of the Lay National Coordination Committee's which is demanding something basic, the respect of the constitution, democratic change and, what we are demanding, a transition without Kabila, that's all."

Despite previous protests being plagued by violence, citizens continue to attend anti-government rallies.

KASSE KASAMBALA PROTESTER "Today we are determined because we are suffering in our country. We will march even if the police stop us, even these policemen have to understand that Kabila's mandate is finished, he has to go, he must go!"

The UN, the United States and the EU have all urged Kabila to organise elections by the end of 2018. Asta Tall, CGTN.