22-12-2016 17:29 via news.yahoo.com

Congo forces arrest dozens after deadly anti-Kabila protests

By Aaron Ross and Tim Cocks KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo authorities swept through the southeastern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Thursday making dozens of arrests, local activists said, after at least 34 people died in protests against President Joseph Kabila. Lubumbashi mayor Jean Oscar Sanguza told Reuters it was a "sweep up" operation targeting "criminals and bandits", and that security forces were looking for arms. "As soon as you go by on the road and you're a young man, you're in a group of t
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