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The complaint provides the most detailed chronicle to date of the planned May 2024 overthrow of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi.
From The Associated Press
Three American citizens who had been sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sent back to the United States on Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for th...
From The New York Times
Malanga, Thompson and Zalman-Polun were all part of a May 2024 coup attempt led by Malanga’s father, Christian, in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa.
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