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Congo Army Says It Stopped Attempted Coup Near Felix Tshisekedi Office In Kinshasa Involving Several Americans, British Man

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Videos on social media showed men in fatigues at the Palais de la Nation, brandishing flags of Zaire. Kinshasa, DR Congo: The DR Congo military on Sunday said it had thwarted an “attempted coup” near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving “foreigners and Congolese”. It happened in the early hours of the…

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Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president

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Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi. File | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Congo’s army says it has “foiled a coup” on May 19 morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and guards of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital,…

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