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CLEAN : DRC opposition leader calls for protest against country's 'balkanisation'

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Opposition leader Martin Fayulu calls for a march for the "unity and integrity" of the Democratic Republic of Congo. For Fayulu, the territorial division that has allowed the country to go from 11 to 26 provinces is the first step in the...
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CLEAN : The bookseller of Kinshasa: A lone fight to help the DRC's bookworms

9th - Higher Ed
In the aircraft hold, Alpha Ramazani has stowed a precious cargo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Supporters of DR Congo president hold session to try and oust rival MPs

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's National Assembly holds a session mainly attended by deputies who support President Tshisekedi (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DR Congo's Tshisekedi says ends coalition with Kabila after 'humiliations'

9th - Higher Ed
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, speaking before the two chambers of Parliament, announces the need to form a new government, to turn the page on the "humiliations" he claims to have suffered in the coalition with...
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CLEAN : DR Congo parliament debates demand to oust pro-Kabila speaker

9th - Higher Ed
The National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Congo debates a motion calling for the removal of its speaker Jeannine Mabunda, a supporter of ex-president Joseph Kabila (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Pro-Tshisekedi protest draws thousands as DRC political crisis continues

9th - Higher Ed
Several thousand supporters of the UDPS (Union for Democracy and Social Progress) party march in Kinshasa in support of consultations initiated by President Félix Tshisekedi to form "a union of the nation" as a political crisis with his...
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CLEAN : Sanctioned billionaire Gertler opens up on DRC mining investment

9th - Higher Ed
Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler speaks in a pre-recorded video message after allegedly having made a fortune on buying and selling mining assets during the rule of ex-president Joseph Kabila (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DRC releases men convicted for killing of Kabila

9th - Higher Ed
More than twenty people sentenced to death for the assassination of former Congolese president Laurent-Désiré Kabila leave Kinshasa's Makala prison after a pardon by Presidential Félix Tshisekedi (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DR Congo parliament votes out pro-Kabila PM

9th - Higher Ed
DR Congo lawmakers approve a motion by 367 votes to 7 to force out Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, handing President Felix Tshisekedi a key victory in his bid to sideline allies of his predecessor (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : DR Congo virus fight boosted as batch of vaccines arrives in Kinshasa

9th - Higher Ed
A batch of AstraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19 touch down at Kinshasa's N’djili International airport, where it is received by Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo, as African countries ramp up their vaccine rollouts thanks to the...
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CLEAN : DR Congo's Senate announces new leader following vote

9th - Higher Ed
The Senate of the Democratic Republic of Congo announces the election of the new leader, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : AFPTV BESTOF 2020/ The small Tutsi community at the heart of conflict in DRC's eastern highlands

9th - Higher Ed
AFPTV refiles some of its most notable stories of 2020. A year ago tensions between different ethnicities in the highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo escalated into full-fledged violence, as communities attack each other in...
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CLEAN : DRC parliament elects new leadership to consolidate Thsisekedi support

9th - Higher Ed
Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for new leaders in favour of President Felix Tshisekedi in the National Assembly, another step in the process of removing the camp of his predecessor Joseph Kabila from control of the...
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CLEAN : DRC: FIFA president Infantino arrives in Kinshasa

9th - Higher Ed
FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, for a visit of a few hours during which he will exchange views with the President of the African Union, Félix Tshisekedi (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DRC: Schools reopen after being closed for two months over the coronavirus

9th - Higher Ed
Children are returning to school in the Democratic Republic of Congo two months after they were closed over the spread of the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Kinshasa residents react after Italian ambassador killed in attack

9th - Higher Ed
Kinshasa residents react to the death of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo during an armed attack in the east of the country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : UN peacekeepers, soldiers in DRC at site of attack that killed Italian ambassador

9th - Higher Ed
Peacekeepers and soldiers are at the scene in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the Italian ambassador was killed following an attack in the eastern province of North Kivu (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : DR Congo's new PM lays out government priorities

9th - Higher Ed
The recently appointed Congolese Prime Minister, Jean Michel Sama Lukonde, announces his government's priorities at his first press briefing (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Congolese military vote ahead of presidential elections

9th - Higher Ed
In Dolisie, Congolese defence and security forces turn out to vote for the presidential elections. Dolisie, the country's third largest city, is home to the second largest military defence zone in the Republic of Congo (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : DR Congo MPs back president with speaker pick

9th - Higher Ed
Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo elected a speaker loyal to President Felix Tshisekedi Wednesday, after a string of moves to break his predecessor Joseph Kabila's grip on the legislature (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Congo security forces start early voting in presidential election

9th - Higher Ed
Security forces start early voting in Congo's presidential election ahead of the March 21 ballot that the Catholic Church warned could be distorted by coronavirus restrictions and a shaky electoral system (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Congolese Church founded during colonial rule marks centenary

9th - Higher Ed
Thousands of pilgrims are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of a Christian religion born in the Belgian Congo, the Kimbanguist Church (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Kinshasa residents still banking on 'God's protection' from Covid

9th - Higher Ed
Experts are trying to figure out why Covid seems relatively absent in Kinshasa, the bustling, chaotic and overcrowded capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Indebted oil state Congo seeks to diversify its economy

9th - Higher Ed
Congo's Pool region is a victim of the severe socio-economic crisis the country has been experiencing since 2014, after the closure of the Diamond Cement factory put several hundred Congolese out of work (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)