Congo president pardons soldiers jailed over Kabila assassination

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KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo’s president has pardoned at least 26 men convicted of plotting the 2001 assassination of then-leader Laurent Kabila, the presidency said. Laurent Kabila was shot and killed by a bodyguard in his palace in January 2001. The bodyguard was himself shot dead immediately after. Prosecutors said the assassination was part […]

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