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Kaos i Kongo-Kinshasa

av Martin Schori

Den 19 september utbröt stora demonstrationer i Kongo-Kinshasha. Protesterna riktar sig mot president Joseph Kabilas beslut att senarelägga valet. Polis öppnade eld mot demonstranterna och i måndags ska så många som 50 personer ha dödats. Demonstrationerna fortsatte på tisdagen – och flera byggnader som tillhör oppositionen brändes ner. 

TOPSHOT - Demonstrators gather in front of a burning car during an opposition rally in Kinshasa on September 19, 2016. Police fired tear gas at scores of opposition supporters rallying in Kinshasa to demand that DR Congo's long-serving President Joseph Kabila step down this year, AFP journalists said. Kabila, who has ruled DR Congo since 2001, is banned under the constitution from running again -- but he has given no sign of intending to give up his job in December. / AFP PHOTO / EDUARDO SOTERAS / TT / kod 444
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Flares are launched by DRCongo Police forces during a demonstration in Goma on September 19, 2016. At least 17 people, mostly civilians, were killed on September 19, 2016 when clashes erupted ahead of a planned opposition rally in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, a minister said, warning the toll was "provisional". It was the worst violence in Kinshasa since January 2015 when a police crackdown on another opposition protest left several dozen people dead. Demonstrators were to demand the resignation of President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001. Opponents fear he is planning to extend his rule unconstitutionally. / AFP PHOTO / Mustafa MULOPWE / TT / kod 444
AFP PHOTO / Mustafa MULOPWE / TT
KINSHASA 2016-09-19 Congolese police patrol in their truck along an intersection near Echangeur de Limete as opposition activists march to press President Joseph Kabila to step down in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Photo: / REUTERS / TT / kod 72000
REUTERS / TT /
The bodies of people killed during election protests lie in the street, as Congolese troops stand near by in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Witnesses say at least four people are dead after opposition protests against a delayed presidential election turned violent in Congo's capital. The protests were organized by activists who are opposed to longtime President Joseph Kabila, who is now expected to stay in office after his mandate ends in December. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)
AP Photo/John Bompengo
KINSHASA 2016-09-19 Congolese opposition activists gesture to the camera during a march to press President Joseph Kabila to step down in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Photo: / REUTERS / TT / kod 72000
REUTERS / TT
KINSHASA 2016-09-19 Congolese policemen detain an opposition activist participating in a march to press President Joseph Kabila to step down in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe Photo: / REUTERS / TT / kod 72000
REUTERS / TT

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