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DRC: Protesters killed in anti-Kabila protests
[Al Jazeera] At least five people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC), according to the UN, as authorities cracked down on banned protests against President Joseph Kabila. Witnesses told news agencies that security forces on Sunday fired live rounds and tear gas in the capital, Kinshasa, to disperse demonstrators demanding an end to Kabila's 17-year rule. The Catholic church had called for rallies around the country, despite a government ban on all demonstrations since September 2016, when anti-Kabila protests turned violent. MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping mission, said at least five people were killed on Sunday in Kinshasa and 33 others injured nationwide. Dozens of people were also reportedly tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! "I marched today for a simple reason: I want to bring up my children in a country that respects human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. ," protester Pascal Kabeya, a 40-year-old market trader, told Rooters news agency where a few hundred had gathered in a suburb of Kinshasa. Posted by: Fred 2018-01-22 |
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