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In the Congo, in the streets, firing tires

В Конго на улицах палят шиныIn Congo, the Opposition lit tires in the streets and conducting mass protests against the President.

On the streets of Lubumbashi in Congo protests with demands for President Joseph Kabila to resign and call an election.

Protesters lit tires in the city center. To disperse the demonstrators police have used tear gas.

The country’s presidential elections scheduled for November, but the election Commission has said it will not be able to prepare the electoral lists by July 2017.

Opponents of Kabila, accusing him of trying to cling to power, but supporters rejected the allegations. In January 2015, dozens of Congolese were killed in clashes with police during protests against a new electoral bill.

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