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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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UN troops wounded as fighting flares in DR Congo

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Clashes have broken out between government forces and M23 rebels leaving eight UN peacekeepers injured after a brief lull in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said. One of the peacekeepers was “gravely wounded” in the attack on Saturday at Sake, said UN mission head Bintou Keita. The strategic town lies…

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