The Armed Forces of the DRC inform the national and international public that an attempted coup d'état has been thwarted in its infancy
At around 4:30 a.m. on May 19th, the residence of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Economy, Vital Kamerhe, was attacked by armed individuals (in "uniform" of the national army) and gunfire was exchanged; armored vehicles were deployed from the Pullman Hotel to the presidential palace. Some assailants entrenched themselves near the Palace of the Nation while others fled towards the river, according to security sources who reported the assault at dawn on Vital Kamerhe's residence by several dozen armed men. Among the weapons used were "drones," according to a neighbor of Kamerhe and sources. The avenue and its surroundings are cordoned off. Several assailants who participated in the assault on the Palace of the Nation this morning are arrested by the Republican Guard."
Who is Christian Malanga Musumari, the author of this morning's attack?
Born in Kinshasa on February 2, 1983. He is a former Congolese military officer who resides in the United States with his entire family. He is currently the president of the United Congolese Party (UCP), a national political party he formed after his experiences during the heavily contested parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2011. In 2013, he was appointed the first ambassador of the International Roundtable on
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Clément Noumsi
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