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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) – by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA The UN rights chief on Thursday said DR Congo had used “excessive force” during deadly clashes with demonstrators in the capital and called on Kinshasa to reach out to the opposition to avert a “large-scale crisis” “The authorities need to pull back from their extremely confrontational position and build bridges with the opposition,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement issued in Geneva in the wake of […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) – by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA Police and protesters clashed Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s sprawling capital Kinshasa ahead of crunch talks aimed at avoiding political chaos when the president’s term expires later this year. Tensions have been growing in mineral-rich but troubled DRC over fears that President Joseph Kabila, in power since 2001, will try to extend his rule with a third term, beyond the constitutional maximum of two. Riot police […]
