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Joseph Kabila

President of the DR Congo from 2001 to 2019

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  • Aug 28

    Niger puts down military mutiny in Niamey with support from Russian Africa Corps

    Loyalist troops and Russian Africa Corps forces repelled a mutiny by soldiers targeting Niamey's airport base, state broadcaster, and presidential palace, leading to dozens of arrests as checkpoints remain across the capital.

  • Jun 13

    Deadly clashes in Kinshasa after police disperse opposition sit-in against constitutional reform

    At least two people died and hundreds were wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Friday as security forces broke up a sit-in by the C64 opposition coalition, with one human rights NGO putting the toll at four dead.

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